Antimicrobial Peptides

Part I: Properties, Design, Synthesis and Characterization of AMPs1. Antimicrobial Peptides: An IntroductionEvan F. Haney, Sarah C. Mansour, and Robert E.W. Hancock2. Tools for Designing Amphipathic Helical Antimicrobial PeptidesDavor Juretic, Damir Vukicevic, and Alessandro Tossi3. Chemical Synthesis of Antimicrobial PeptidesLena Münzker, Alberto Oddo and Paul R. Hansen4. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Antimicrobial PeptidesSuhas Ramesh, Beatriz G. de la Torre, Fernando Albericio, Hendrik G. Kruger, and Thavendran Govender5. High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry-Based Design of Protolytically Stable Antimicrobial PeptidesMojtaba Bagheri and Robert E. W. Hancock6. Determination of Structure and Micellar Interactions of Small Antimicrobial Peptides by Solution-State NMRReinhard Wimmer and Lars Erik Uggerhøj7. Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Determining the Structure of Antimicrobial PeptidesJiongyu Liu and Jianping JiangPart II: Studying Interactions of AMPs with Model Membranes and Bacteria8. Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Analysis of the Antimicrobial Peptides-Lipid Bilayers InteractionsShima Arasteh and Mojtaba Bagheri9. Calorimetry Methods to Study Membrane Interactions and Perturbations Induced by Antimicrobial Host Defense PeptidesMauricio Arias, Elmar J. Prenner and Hans J. Vogel10. Fluorescence and Absorbance Spectroscopy Methods to Study Membrane Perturbations by Antimicrobial Host Defense PeptidesMauricio Arias and Hans J. Vogel11. Applying Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy to Investigate Peptide-Induced Membrane DisruptionKasper Kristensen, Jonas R. Henriksen, and Thomas L. Andresen12. Macromolecule Biosynthesis Assay and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Methods to Explore Antimicrobial Peptide Mode(s) of ActionBimal Jana, Kristin Renee Baker, and Luca Guardabassi13. Using Confocal Microscopy and Computational Modeling to Investigate the Cell Penetrating Properties of Antimicrobial PeptidesGabriel Del Rio, Edda Klipp, and Andreas Herrmann14. Atomic Force Microscopy Study of the Interactions of Indolicidin with Model Membranes and DNAPeter Fojan and Leonid Gurevich15. Protocols for studying the interaction of MSI-78 with the Membranes of Whole Gram-positive and Gram-negative Bacteria by NMRNury P. Santisteban , M. R. Morrow, and V. Booth16. Preparation of membrane models of Gram-negative bacteria and their interaction with Antimicrobial Peptides studied by CD and NMRRickey P. Hicks17. Studying the Interaction of Magainin 2 and Cecropin A with E. coli Bacterial Cells using Circular DichroismConcetta Avitabile, Luca Domenico D'Andrea and Alessandra Romanelli18. Studying the Mechanism of Membrane Permeabilization induced by Antimicrobial Peptides using Patch-clamp TechniquesGiorgio Rispoli19. Assays for Identifying Inducers of the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37Frank Nylen, Peter Bergman, Gudmundur H. Gudmundsson, and Birgitta Agerberth20. Methods for Elucidating the Mechanism of Action of Proline-rich and other Non-lytic Antimicrobial PeptidesMonica Benincasa, Giulia Runti, Mario Mardirossian, Renato Gennaro,and Marco Scocchi21. The Interaction of Antimicrobial Peptides with the Membrane and Intracellular Targets of Staphylococcus Aureus Investigated by ATP-leakage, DNA-binding Analysis and the Expression of a LexA Controlled Gene, recASanne Gottschalk and Line Elnif ThomsenPart III: Assaying Selected Biological Activities of AMPs22. Methods for Investigating Biofilm Inhibition and Degradation by Antimicrobial PeptidesLi-av Segev-Zarko and Yechiel Shai23. Protocols for Studying Inhibition and Eradication of Bacterial Biofilms by Antimicrobial PeptidesVijayalekshmi Sarojini24. Protocols for Studying Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) as Anti-cancer AgentsLaurence Madera and David W. Hoskin25. Using Oral a... Mehr