Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), or host defense peptides, are small cationic or amphipathic
molecules produced by prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms that play a key role in the …

This review is aimed to provide a concise yet extensive survey of key short bioactive peptide
sequences for a range of applications ranging from biomaterials development to peptides …

Antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) are a diverse class of naturally occurring
molecules that are produced as a first line of defense by all multicellular organisms. These …

Covering: 2016 to 2021 With genetic information available for hundreds of thousands of
organisms in publicly accessible databases, scientists have an unprecedented opportunity …

The discovery of antibiotics marked a golden age in the revolution of human medicine.
However, decades later, bacterial infections remain a global healthcare threat, and a return …

Rapidly growing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to conventional antibiotics leads to
inefficiency of traditional approaches of countering infections and determines the urgent …

Multidrug-resistant bacteria are a severe threat to public health. Conventional antibiotics are
becoming increasingly ineffective as a result of resistance, and it is imperative to find new …

Bacterial resistance to commonly used drugs has become a global health problem, causing
increased infection cases and mortality rate. One of the main virulence determinants in many …

Although first studied for their antimicrobial activity, host defense peptides (HDPs) are now
widely recognized for their multifunctional roles in both the innate and adaptive immune …

Highlights•Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem of our era.•Antimicrobial peptides are
important templates for develo** new antibiotics.•Both peptide discovery and application …