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Enhanced antimicrobial activity of engineered human lysozyme.
ACS chemical biology - 17 Sept 2010
Scanlon Thomas C, Teneback Charlotte C, Gill Avinash, Bement Jenna L, Weiner Joshua A, Lamppa John W, Leclair Laurie W, Griswold Karl E
Abstract excerpt
Lysozymes contain a disproportionately large fraction of cationic residues, and are thereby attracted toward the negatively charged surface of bacterial targets. Importantly, this conserved biophysical property may inhibit lysozyme antibacterial function during acute and chronic infections. A mouse model of acute pulmonary Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection demonstrated that anionic biopolymers accumulate to high...
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