Characterization and investigation of thanatin based antimicrobial peptides

• Main Author: Aw, Marcus Yu Kian
• Other Authors: Surajit Bhattacharyya
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/156794
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the rapid increase of multidrug resistant pathogens, thanatin, a 21-residue long antimicrobial peptide, has been identified as a potential alternative to antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria, due to its potent dual mode of action involving cell-cell agglutination and outer membrane (OM) b...