Turning Defense into Offense: Defensin Mimetics as Novel Antibiotics Targeting Lipid II

• Kristen M. Varney ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kristen M. Varney, Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin, Marzena Pazgier, Jakob Malin, Wenbo Yu

  Affiliation NMR Facility, University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kristen M. Varney, Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin, Marzena Pazgier, Jakob Malin, Wenbo Yu

  Affiliation Utrecht University, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science-Chemistry, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Marzena Pazgier ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kristen M. Varney, Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin, Marzena Pazgier, Jakob Malin, Wenbo Yu

  Affiliation Institute of Human Virology & Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jakob Malin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kristen M. Varney, Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin, Marzena Pazgier, Jakob Malin, Wenbo Yu

  Affiliation Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Wenbo Yu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kristen M. Varney, Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin, Marzena Pazgier, Jakob Malin, Wenbo Yu

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computer-Aided Drug Design Center, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Eugene Ateh,

  Affiliation Institute of Human Virology & Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Taiji Oashi,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computer-Aided Drug Design Center, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Wuyuan Lu,

  Affiliation Institute of Human Virology & Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jing Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computer-Aided Drug Design Center, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Marlies Diepeveen-de Buin,

  Affiliation Utrecht University, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science-Chemistry, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Joseph Bryant,

  Affiliation Institute of Human Virology & Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Eefjan Breukink,

  Affiliation Utrecht University, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science-Chemistry, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Alexander D. MacKerell Jr,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Computer-Aided Drug Design Center, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Erik P. H. de Leeuw

  * E-mail: edeleeuw@som.umaryland.edu

  Affiliation Institute of Human Virology & Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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