Turning defense into offense: defensin mimetics as novel antibiotics targeting lipid II.
We have previously reported on the functional interaction of Lipid II with human alpha-defensins, a class of antimicrobial peptides. Lipid II is an essential precursor for bacterial cell wall biosynthesis and an ideal and validated target for natural antibiotic compounds. Using a combination of stru...
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Autores principales: | Kristen M Varney, Alexandre M J J Bonvin, Marzena Pazgier, Jakob Malin, Wenbo Yu, Eugene Ateh, Taiji Oashi, Wuyuan Lu, Jing Huang, Marlies Diepeveen-de Buin, Joseph Bryant, Eefjan Breukink, Alexander D Mackerell, Erik P H de Leeuw |
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Lenguaje: | EN |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/9a23ac4bc9d6450683ee71060a7b3654 |
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