Antibacterial peptide protocols

Origins and development of peptide antibiotic research : from extracts to abstracts to contracts / John K. Spitznagel -- HPLC methods for purification of antimicrobial peptides / Michael E. Selsted -- Strategies for the isolation and characterization of antimicrobial peptides of invertebrates / Charles Hetru, Philippe Bulet -- Big defensin and tachylectins-1 and -2 / Shun-ichiro Kawabata, Sadaaki Iwanaga -- Tachyplesin and anti-lipopolysaccharide factor / Tatsushi Muta, Sadaaki Iwanaga -- Circular dichroism studies of secondary structure of peptides / Martha M. Juban, Maryam M. Javadpour, Mary D. Barkley -- Analytical ultracentrifugation studies of association of peptides / Martha M. Juban, Maryam M. Javadpour, Mary D. Barkley -- NMR characterization of amphipathic helical peptides / Xiaotang Wang, Kathleen M. Morden -- Laboratory production of antimicrobial peptides in native conformation / Erika V. Valore, Tomas Ganz -- An approach combining rapid cDNA amplification and chemical synthesis or the identification of novel, cathelicidin-derived, antimicrobial peptides / Alessandro Tossi, Marco Scocchi, Margherita Zanetti, Renato Gennaro, Paola Storici, Domenico Romeo -- Molecular biological strategies in the analysis of antibiotic peptide gene families : the use oligonucleotides as hybridization probes / Charles L. Bevins, Gill Diamond -- Designer assays for antimicrobial peptides: disputing the "one-size-fits-all" theory / Deborah A. Steinberg, Robert I. Lehrer -- Interaction of cationic peptides with bacterial membranes / Shafique Fidai, Susan W. Farmer, Robert E. Hancock -- The genetic basis of microbial resistance to antimicrobial peptides / Eduardo A. Groisman, Arden Aspedon -- Assay of antibacterial activities of the bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein in natural biological fluids / Jerrold Weiss -- Assay systems for measurement of chemotactic activity / H. Anne Pereira -- Neutralization of the in vivo activity of E. coli-derived lipopolysaccharide by cationic peptides / Daniel J. Brackett, Megan R. Lerner, H. Anne Pereira