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January 1, 2002FEMS Microbiology Letters562 citationsOpen Access

Role of membranes in the activities of antimicrobial cationic peptides

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RHRobert E. W. HancockARAnnett Rozek

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Cationic amphiphilic peptides that are found throughout nature have very broad-spectrum activities against microbes. The initial sites of interaction are with microbial membranes. Although dogma suggests that their lethal action involves disruption of the cytoplasmic membranes, a number of cationic peptides can traverse intact membranes to interact with internal targets.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a086bf47de338f10b10ac2ahttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11000.x
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