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Nano-mechanical in-process monitoring of antimicrobial poration in model phospholipid bilayers

Abstract

Nanomechanical monitoring of known mechanisms of membrane poration mediated by host defense peptides is reported. Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation monitoring used to probe the process of antimicrobial poration in model phospholipid bilayers offers a straightforward method for mechanically differential kinetic measurements of membrane-mediated antimicrobial effects in situ.

Graphical abstract: Nano-mechanical in-process monitoring of antimicrobial poration in model phospholipid bilayers

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jan 2017
Accepted
22 Mar 2017
First published
30 Mar 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 19081-19084

Nano-mechanical in-process monitoring of antimicrobial poration in model phospholipid bilayers

A. Valsesia, P. Iavicoli, H. Lewis, C. Desmet, D. Mehn, L. Calzolai, P. Colpo, F. Rossi and M. G. Ryadnov, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 19081 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA01274H

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