Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have remarkably different structures as well as biological
activity profiles, whereupon most of these peptides are supposed to kill bacteria via …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) take part in the immune system by mounting a first line of
defense against pathogens. Recurrent structural and functional aspects are observed …

Although much progress has been achieved in the development of cancer therapies in
recent decades, problems continue to arise particularly with respect to chemotherapy due to …

Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides are short cationic peptides capable of traversing the
plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells. While successful intracellular delivery of many …

Infectious disease is a critically important global healthcare issue. In the US alone there are
2 million new cases of hospital-acquired infections annually leading to 90,000 deaths and 5 …

For the first time the electron density of the lamellar liquid crystalline as well as of the
inverted hexagonal phase could be retrieved at the transition temperature. A reliable …

Membranes are targets of host defence or antimicrobial peptides, effector molecules of
innate immunity that evolved in nature to contend with invaders as an active system of …

Antibiotic resistant bacterial strains represent a global health problem with a strong social
and economic impact. Thus, there is an urgent need for the development of antibiotics with …

Antimicrobial peptides attract a lot of interest as potential candidates to overcome bacterial
resistance. So far, nearly all the proposed scenarios for their mechanism of action are …

Research on antimicrobial peptides is in part driven by urgent medical needs such as the
steady increase in pathogens being resistant to antibiotics. Despite the wealth of information …