Author(s): Hamidabad MN; Watson NA; Wright LN; Mansbach RA;

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are of growing interest as potential candidates that may offer more resilience against antimicrobial resistance than traditional antibiotic agents. In this article, we perform the first in silico study of the synthetic ß sheet-forming AMP GL13K. Through atomistic simulations of single and multi-peptide systems under different ...

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Author(s): Lismer A; Lambrot R; Lafleur C; Dumeaux V; Kimmins S;

In the field of epigenetic inheritance, delineating molecular mechanisms implicated in the transfer of paternal environmental conditions to descendants has been elusive. This protocol details how to track sperm chromatin intergenerationally. We describe mouse model design to probe chromatin states in single mouse sperm and techniques to assess pre-implant ...

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Author(s): Wölk C, Youssef H, Guttenberg T, Marbach H, Vizcay-Barrena G, Shen C, Brezesinski G, Harvey RD

Ion pairing between the major phospholipids of the Staphylococcus aureus plasma membrane (phosphatidylglycerol - PG and lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol - LPG) confers resistance to antimicrobial peptides and other antibiotics. We developed 3adLPG, a stable synthetic analogue which can substitute for t ...

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