通过物理化学指导的方法在Kunitz型抑制剂 (ApTI) 中增强线性加密的抗菌潜力

Camila de Oliveira Gutierrez1, Luís Henrique de Oliveira Almeida1, Janaina de Cássia Orlandi Sardi1

  • 1Laboratório de Purificação de Proteínas e Suas Funções Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Alimentos e Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.

Biochimie
|July 19, 2024
PubMed
概括

一种新的抗微生物 (AMP),PEPAD,在低度下有效地消除细菌. 皮帕德 (PEPAD) 与西普罗夫洛克萨 (ciprofloxacin) 显示出协同作用,并表现出低宿主毒性,提供了一个有前途的新疗法候选者.

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