| Literature DB >> 16569873 |
Jon-Paul S Powers1, Morgan M Martin, Danika L Goosney, Robert E W Hancock.
Abstract
The horseshoe crab peptide polyphemusin I possesses high antimicrobial activity, but its mechanism of action is as yet not well defined. Using a biotin-labeled polyphemusin I analogue and confocal fluorescence microscopy, we showed that the peptide accumulates in the cytoplasm of wild-type Escherichia coli within 30 min after addition without causing substantial membrane damage.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16569873 PMCID: PMC1426961 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1522-1524.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191