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Does Cholesterol Play a Role in the Bacterial Selectivity of Antimicrobial Peptides?

Jeffrey Brender, Austin McHenry, Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy

Frontiers in Immunology · 2012 · 123 citations · 36 references

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OPINION article Front. Immunol., 17 July 2012Sec. Molecular Innate Immunity Volume 3 - 2012 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00195

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MSI-78, an Analogue of the Magainin Antimicrobial Peptides, Disrupts Lipid Bilayer Structure via Positive Curvature Strain

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