Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs): A promising class of antimicrobial compounds

M Erdem Büyükkiraz, Z Kesmen - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are compounds, which have inhibitory activity against
microorganisms. In the last decades, AMPs have become powerful alternative agents that …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides: diversity, mechanism of action and strategies to improve the activity and biocompatibility in vivo

P Kumar, JN Kizhakkedathu, SK Straus - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Antibiotic resistance is projected as one of the greatest threats to human health in the future
and hence alternatives are being explored to combat resistance. Antimicrobial peptides …

DRAMP 2.0, an updated data repository of antimicrobial peptides

X Kang, F Dong, C Shi, S Liu, J Sun, J Chen, H Li, H Xu… - Scientific data, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Data Repository of Antimicrobial Peptides (DRAMP, http://dramp. cpu-bioinfor. org/)
is an open-access comprehensive database containing general, patent and clinical …

Membrane targeting cationic antimicrobial peptides

D Ciumac, H Gong, X Hu, JR Lu - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2019 - Elsevier
Many short cationic peptides are amphiphilic and are often termed antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) as they can kill various microorganisms. These AMPs have largely been discovered …