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Mechanisms and consequences of bacterial resistance to antimicrobial peptides

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Routine clinical administration of AMPs to treat bacterial infections may select for resistant bacterial pathogens capable of better evading the innate immune system, as well as the ramifications of therapeutic levels of exposure on the development of AMP resistance and bacterial pathogenesis.
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This article is published in Drug Resistance Updates.The article was published on 2016-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 484 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Antimicrobial peptides & Population.

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Antimicrobial peptides: pore formers or metabolic inhibitors in bacteria?

TL;DR: In this review the different models of antimicrobial-peptide-induced pore formation and cell killing are presented and several observations suggest that translocated peptides can alter cytoplasmic membrane septum formation, inhibit cell-wall synthesis, inhibit nucleic-acid synthesis, inhibits protein synthesis or inhibit enzymatic activity.
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TL;DR: The intention of this review is to illustrate the contemporary structural and functional themes among mechanisms of antimicrobial peptide action and resistance.
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TL;DR: The structural requirements of peptides for antiviral and antibacterial activities are evaluated in light of the diverse set of primary and secondary structures described for host defense peptides.
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