Antimicrobial peptides: a new class of antimalarial drugs?

A range of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) exhibit activity on malaria parasites, Plasmodium spp, in their blood or mosquito stages, or both. These peptides include a diverse array of both natural and synthetic molecules varying greatly in size, charge, hydrophobicity and secondary structure features....

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Main Authors: Nuno eVale, Luísa eAguiar, Paula eGomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00275/full