Editors:
- Includes contributions from scientists from different disciplines and backgrounds, from both industry and academia
- Provides notes sections describing major sources of problems that may occur with a particular technique and how they can be identified and overcome
- Describes techniques and methods that can be applied beyond the specific field of antimicrobial peptide research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMB, volume 618)
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Table of contents (25 protocols)
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Analysis, Properties, and Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Peptides
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Antimicrobial Peptides as Therapeutic Agents
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The action of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), ranging from direct killing of invading pathogens to immune response modulation and other complex biological responses, has stimulated research and clinical interest for more than two decades, but the area is still burgeoning due to emerging discoveries in the functions, roles, and regulation of AMPs, thus making the study of antimicrobial peptides a multi-disciplinary and rapidly evolving field. In Antimicrobial Peptides: Methods and Protocols, leading investigators present a broad, up-to-date collection of current research and experimental methods for the isolation, characterization, production, and optimization of antimicrobial peptides. Additional chapters detail methodologies in several microscopy techniques, high-throughput screening, QSAR modeling, and computer-aided design used to study these compounds, while key review articles survey potential medical applications of antimicrobial peptides as innovative anti-infective and immunomodulatory agents, as well as emerging discoveries in their function, regulation, and roles in innate immunity. As a volume in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Authoritative and wide-ranging in its applications, Antimicrobial Peptides: Methods and Protocols provides both an authoritative guide for lab work on AMPs or related substances and a useful collection of thought stimuli to inspire further scientific endeavours in a wide array of vital fields.
Editors and Affiliations
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SpiderBiotech S.r.l., Colleretto Giacosa, Italy
Andrea Giuliani
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Dipto. Scienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Università di Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
Andrea C. Rinaldi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Antimicrobial Peptides
Book Subtitle: Methods and Protocols
Editors: Andrea Giuliani, Andrea C. Rinaldi
Series Title: Methods in Molecular Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-594-1
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Springer Protocols
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60761-593-4Published: 23 March 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6128-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60761-594-1Published: 22 January 2010
Series ISSN: 1064-3745
Series E-ISSN: 1940-6029
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 424
Topics: Immunology, Antibodies