Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are part of the innate immune defense mechanism of many organisms and are promising candidates to treat infections caused by pathogenic bacteria to animals and humans. AMPs also display anticancer activities because of their ability to inactivate a wide range of cancer cells. Cancer remains a cause of high morbidity and mortality worldwide. Therefore, the developme...

Frontal analysis continuous capillary electrophoresis (FACCE) was carried out for a series of random copolymers of an ionic monomer, sodium 2-(acrylamido)-2-methylpropanesulfonate (AMPS), and a nonionic monomer, acrylamide (AAM). The electropherograms appeared in order of anionic content and were generally sigmoidal, in contrast to that of hyaluronic acid (HA), which was abrupt and discontinuou...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are being intensively investigated as they considered promising alternatives to antibiotics where their clinical efficacy is dwindling due the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Accompanying with development AMPs, a number fluorescent probes have been developed facilitate understanding modes action AMPs. These used monitor binding process, determine worki...

Environmental changes, failures, collisions or even terrorist attacks can cause serious malfunctions of the delivery systems. We have presented a novel approach improving resilience of Autonomous Moving Platforms AMPs. The approach is based on multi-level state diagrams describing environmental trigger specifications, movement actions and synchronization primitives. The upper level diagrams all...

Lab Assignments Instrumentation Labs: Name of Lab Assignment: Lab 1 Introductory Experiments and Linear Circuits I [1] Lab 2 Linear Circuits II [2] Lab 3 Semiconductor Diodes [3] Lab 4 JFET Circuits I [4] Lab 5 JFET Circuits II [5] Lab 6 Op Amps I [6] Lab 7 Op Amps II [7] Lab 8 Op Amps III [8] Lab 9 LabVIEW Programming [9] Lab 10 Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Conversion [10] Lab 11 Si...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily ancient factors of the innate immune system that serve as a crucial first line of defense for humans, animals, and plants against infection. This review focuses on the structural organization, biosynthesis, and biological functions of AMPs that possess a β-hairpin spatial structure. Representatives of this class of AMPs are among the most active ...

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an ancient group of molecules that are expressed in many species ranging from bacteria to humans. At least 1200 naturally-occurring AMPs have been identified which display considerable diversity in their primary sequences, lengths, structures, and biological activities (Wang et al., 2009). Generally speaking, these peptides have been studied due to their abilit...

In the presence of specialized proteins or peptides, a biological membrane can spontaneously restructure itself to allow communication between the intracellular and the extracellular sides. Examples of these proteins include cell-penetrating peptides and antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which interact with cell membranes in complex ways. We briefly review cell-penetrating peptides and AMPs, and d...

Many organisms secrete antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) for protection againstharmful microbes. The present study describes detection of botulinum neurotoxoids A, Band E using AMPs as recognition elements in an array biosensor. While AMP affinitieswere similar to those for anti-botulinum antibodies, differences in binding patterns wereobserved and can potentially be used for identification of toxo...

Innate immunity has a key role in the control of microbial infections in both vertebrates and invertebrates. In insects, including vectors that transmit parasites that cause major human and animal diseases, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important components of innate immunity. AMPs are induced upon parasitic infections and can participate in regulating parasite development in the digestive ...