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Makeover of an old antibiotic: The channel-forming toxin gramicidin A (gA) has been successfully converted into agents that selectively chase after bacterial cells. These novel D-Lys-containing gA mutants display potent antimicrobial activity and remarkable therapeutic indexes (>1000-fold).
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