Session: Interactions of Peptides and Proteins with Membrane Surfaces


PHYS		Tuesday, 28 March 2006

8:20 AM-12:00 PM Georgia World Congress Center -- A410, Oral
Interactions of Peptides and Proteins with Membrane Surfaces
Membrane-active Antimicrobial Peptides
Organizers:	Diana Murray Themis Lazaridis
Presiding:	Charles M. Deber
8:20 AM	176	Molecular basis for cell selective activity by host-defense membrane-active peptides Yechiel Shai
9:00 AM	177	Computer simulation-guided design of antimicrobial peptides Himanshu Khandelia, Yiannis N. Kaznessis
9:20 AM	178	New family of peptidic vectors with potent transfection and antibiotic activities Burkhard Bechinger
10:00 AM		Intermission
10:20 AM	179	MD and PB studies of membrane and membrane protein systems: Applications to charged membranes, peptides and melittin Ryan W. Benz, Karthikeyan Diraviyam, Diana Murray, Stephen H. White, Douglas J. Tobias
11:00 AM	180	Determinants of selectivity of cationic antimicrobial peptides for bacterial vs. mammalian membranes Charles M. Deber, Evgenia Glukhov
11:20 AM	181	Molecular mechanism of antimicrobial peptides Huey W Huang

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