Criterion for amino acid composition of defensins and antimicrobial peptides based on geometry of membrane destabilization.

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Published in J Am Chem Soc on April 07, 2011

Authors

Nathan W Schmidt1, Abhijit Mishra, Ghee Hwee Lai, Matthew Davis, Lori K Sanders, Dat Tran, Angie Garcia, Kenneth P Tai, Paul B McCray, André J Ouellette, Michael E Selsted, Gerard C L Wong

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801, USA.

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