Antimicrobial Peptides and Cell-Penetrating Peptides for Treating Intracellular Bacterial Infections

Bacterial infections caused by intracellular pathogens are difficult to control. Conventional antibiotic therapies are often ineffective, as high doses are needed to increase the number of antibiotics that will cross the host cell membrane to act on the intracellular bacterium. Moreover, higher dose...

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Main Authors: Danieli F. Buccini, Marlon H. Cardoso, Octavio L. Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2020.612931/full