Insights on Antimicrobial Peptides

Modern medicine is impossible without antibiotics, but global antibiotic usage has led to the development of increasing numbers of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Thus, we still have problems with infectious disease treatment despite an arsenal of antibiotics. This has forced researchers to dev...

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description Modern medicine is impossible without antibiotics, but global antibiotic usage has led to the development of increasing numbers of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Thus, we still have problems with infectious disease treatment despite an arsenal of antibiotics. This has forced researchers to develop new drugs that will be effective against resistant bacteria. Some of these prospective molecules are antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are an important component of the innate immune system of various organisms in nature. Currently, more than 3,000 AMPs have been reported with different activities against different bacterial species including resistant phenotype bacteria. AMPs display remarkable structural and functional diversity that is not completely understood. As such, this book presents a comprehensive overview of AMPs and their mechanism of action against MDR bacteria.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-969932024-04-05T17:30:54Z Insights on Antimicrobial Peptides Enany, Shymaa Masso-Silva, Jorge Savitskaya, Anna Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSB Biochemistry Modern medicine is impossible without antibiotics, but global antibiotic usage has led to the development of increasing numbers of multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria. Thus, we still have problems with infectious disease treatment despite an arsenal of antibiotics. This has forced researchers to develop new drugs that will be effective against resistant bacteria. Some of these prospective molecules are antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are an important component of the innate immune system of various organisms in nature. Currently, more than 3,000 AMPs have been reported with different activities against different bacterial species including resistant phenotype bacteria. AMPs display remarkable structural and functional diversity that is not completely understood. As such, this book presents a comprehensive overview of AMPs and their mechanism of action against MDR bacteria. 2023-02-15T14:33:34Z 2023-02-15T14:33:34Z 2022 book ONIX_20230215_9781839697142_33 9781839697142 9781839697135 9781839697159 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/96993 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books/10874 https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/10874/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.95183 10.5772/intechopen.95183 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781839697142 9781839697135 9781839697159 IntechOpen 166 open access
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Insights on Antimicrobial Peptides
title Insights on Antimicrobial Peptides
title_full Insights on Antimicrobial Peptides
title_fullStr Insights on Antimicrobial Peptides
title_full_unstemmed Insights on Antimicrobial Peptides
title_short Insights on Antimicrobial Peptides
title_sort insights on antimicrobial peptides
topic Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSB Biochemistry
topic_facet Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSB Biochemistry
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