Mechanism of Action of the Antimicrobial Peptide Buforin II: Buforin II Kills Microorganisms by Penetrating the Cell Membrane and Inhibiting Cellular Functions

Single-Step Method of RNA Isolation by Acid Guanidinium Thiocyanate–Phenol–Chloroform Extraction

1987 • 64,270 citations

Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction

1987 • 45,673 citations

Magainins, a class of antimicrobial peptides from Xenopus skin: isolation, characterization of two active forms, and partial cDNA sequence of a precursor.

1987 • 2,216 citations

Peptide Antibiotics and Their Role in Innate Immunity

1995 • 1,602 citations

Sequence and specificity of two antibacterial proteins involved in insect immunity

1981 • 1,358 citations

Structure and Functions of Channel-Forming Peptides: Magainins, Cecropins, Melittin and Alamethicin

1997 • 590 citations

PEPTIDES AS WEAPONS AGAINST MICROORGANISMS IN THE CHEMICAL DEFENSE SYSTEM OF VERTEBRATES

1995 • 562 citations

Mechanisms of action on Escherichia coli of cecropin P1 and PR-39, two antibacterial peptides from pig intestine

1993 • 528 citations

Structure–activity studies on magainins and other host defense peptides

1995 • 484 citations

Antibiotic magainins exert cytolytic activity against transformed cell lines through channel formation.

1991 • 361 citations

Interactions between human defensins and lipid bilayers: Evidence for formation of multimeric pores

1994 • 349 citations

Interactions of an antimicrobial peptide, magainin 2, with outer and inner membranes of Gram-negative bacteria

1997 • 349 citations

Isolation, amino acid sequence and synthesis of dermaseptin, a novel antimicrobial peptide of amphibian skin

1991 • 305 citations

Translocation of a Channel-Forming Antimicrobial Peptide, Magainin 2, across Lipid Bilayers by Forming a Pore

1995 • 302 citations

A Novel Antimicrobial Peptide fromBufo bufo gargarizans

1996 • 286 citations

Biological Characterization of Two Novel Cathelicidin-derived Peptides and Identification of Structural Requirements for Their Antimicrobial and Cell Lytic Activities

1996 • 252 citations

A Class of Highly Potent Antibacterial Peptides Derived from Pardaxin, A Pore‐Forming Peptide Isolated from Moses Sole Fish Pardachirus marmoratus

1996 • 240 citations

Magainin 2, a natural antibiotic from frog skin, forms ion channels in lipid bilayer membranes

1992 • 183 citations

Retro and retroenantio analogs of cecropin-melittin hybrids.

1995 • 148 citations

Binding of tachyplesin I to DNA revealed by footprinting analysis: significant contribution of secondary structure to DNA binding and implication for biological action

1992 • 143 citations

Novel antibacterial peptides isolated from a European bumblebee, Bombus pascuorum (Hymenoptera, apoidea)

1997 • 100 citations

The Concentration-Dependent Membrane Activity of Cecropin A

1997 • 98 citations

Pediocin PD-1, a bactericidal antimicrobial peptide from Pediococcus damnosus NCFB 1832

1997 • 80 citations

Solution structure of an antimicrobial peptide buforin II

1996 • 75 citations

Purification, Characterisation and cDNA Cloning of an Antimicrobial Peptide from Macadamia Integrifolia

1997 • 73 citations

Interactions between a new class of eukaryotic antimicrobial agents and isolated rat liver mitochondria

1989 • 69 citations

New caerin antibacterial peptides from the skin glands of the Australian tree frogLitoria xanthomera

1997 • 56 citations

Penetration of the insect defensin A into phospholipid monolayers and formation of defensin A-lipid complexes

1997 • 55 citations