Lipopeptides: from self-assembly to bioactivity
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Lipopeptides: from self-assembly to bioactivity.
This Feature Article discusses several classes of lipopeptide with important biomedical applications as antimicrobial and antifungal agents, in immune therapies and in personal care applications among others. Two main classes of lipopeptide are considered: (i) bacterially-expressed lipopeptides with a cyclic peptide headgroup and (ii) linear lipopeptides (with one or more lipid chains) based on...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chemical Communications
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1359-7345,1364-548X
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc01535a