Antimicrobial peptides discovery, design and novel therapeutic strategies / edited by Guangshun Wang, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
| Other author | Wang, Guangshun. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd edition. |
| Publication Info | Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2017] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Antimicrobial peptides (Wang) |
| Contents | Discovery, classification and functional diversity of antimicrobial peptides / Guangshun Wang -- Structural and functional diversity of cathelicidins / Alessandro Tossi, Barbara Skerlavaj, Francesca D'Este and Renato Gennaro -- Disulfide-linked defensins and their therapeutic potential -- Monique von Hoek -- Lantibiotics : bioengineering and applications / Brian Healy and Paul Cotter -- Discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides using combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening / Charles G. Starr and William C. Wimley -- Prediction and design of antimicrobial peptides: methods and applications to genomes and proteomes / Guangshun Wang -- Antimicrobial peptides, multiple mechanisms against a variety of targets / Li-av Segev-Zarko, Maria Luisa Mangoni and Yechiel Shai -- Microbial membranes and the action of antimicrobial peptides / José Carlos Bozelli Junior, Shirley Schreier and Richard Epand -- Non-membrane-targeting amps, novel therapeutic opportunities? / Marco Scocchi, Mario Mardirossian, Giulia Runti and Monica Benincasa -- Structural insight into the mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides and structure-based design / Guangshun Wang -- Synergy of antimicrobial peptides / Moswabar H. Chowdhury, Gill Diamond and Lisa Kathleen Ryan -- Surface immobilization of antimicrobial peptides to prevent biofilm formation / Biswajit Mishra, Scott Reiling and Guangshun Wang -- Sustained delivery of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide-inducing compounds to minimize infection and enhance wound healing / Jingwei Xie, Gitali Ganguli-Indra,, Arup K. Indra and Adrian Gombart -- Immunomodulatory activities of cationic host defense peptides and novel therapeutic strategies / Kelli C. Wuerth and Robert Hancock. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 2nd edition. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2017] 9781786390394 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017018723 |
| ISBN | 9781786390400 (ePDF) |
| ISBN | 9781786390417 (ePub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |