Resurrecting inactive antimicrobial peptides from LPS trap.

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Wee, Choon Chuan.
• مؤلفون آخرون: Surajit Bhattacharyya
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2012
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49607
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

An important component on the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria is LPS (Lipopolysaccharide). LPS is an endotoxin, responsible for causing septic shock. It also serves as a barrier to exclude various antimicrobial agents. Recent studies on a membrane active antimicrobial peptide temporin A rev...