Antimicrobial Peptides: Challenges and Future Perspectives (Ajesh K.)(Paperback)

Antimicrobial Peptides: Discovery to Drug Development covers the latest developments about antimicrobial peptides in the scenario of drug resistance. The book is divided in to 16 chapters that are arranged in a sequence and preceded by chapters on historical developments and role as regulatory molecules in innate defense mechanism. Emphasis is given to purification techniques and characterization in detail suitable for interdisciplinary research. Chapters from 5 to 10 provide an inventory of various antimicrobial peptides, from a diverse array of organisms such as bacteria, fungi, insects, amphibians, plants and mammals. The marine ecosystem being one of the excellent sources of unexplored peptides, chapter 11 broadens readers understanding on marine based antimicrobial peptides. This is followed by an informative overview on peptides with antiviral properties and those targeting
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