Structure-functional analyses of bacterial cell agglutinating antimicrobial peptides

• Main Author: Sinha, Sheetal
• Other Authors: Surajit Bhattacharyya
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biophysics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84291; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46666
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Innate antimicrobial peptides have served as the first line of defense against pathogens throughout human history. Host defense cationic AMPs are broad spectrum antimicrobials that can kill bacteria, viruses and fungi. On the basis of their modes of action, AMPs can be broadly classified into three...