Oligo-polyphenylenevinylene conjugated oligoelectrolyte membrane insertion molecules selectively disrupt cell envelopes of gram-positive bacteria

• Main Authors: Hinks, Jamie, Poh, Wee Han, Chu, Justin Jang Hann, Loo, Joachim Say Chye, Bazan, Guillermo C., Hancock, Lynn E., Wuertz, Stefan
• Other Authors: Spormann, A. M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85025; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25703
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The modification of microbial membranes to achieve biotechnological strain improvement with exogenous small molecules such as oligo-polyphenylene (OPV) conjugated oligoelectrolyte (COE) membrane insertion molecules (MIMs) is an emerging biotechnological field. Little is known about the interactions...