Antimicrobial peptides

In this text, the small team of expert authors presents the field in a comprehensive and accessible manner that is well suited for students and junior researchers. The result is a highly readable and systematically structured introduction to antimicrobial peptides, their structure, biological function and mode of action.

The authors point the way towards a rational design of this potentially highly effective new class of clinical antibiotics on the brink of industrial application.

They do this by discussing their design principles, target membranes and structure-activity relationships.

The final part of the book describes recent successes in the application of peptides as anticancer agents.