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Many antimicrobial peptides are considered to kill microbes by permeabilizing cell membranes. This chapter summarizes the driving force of peptide binding to membranes; various mechanisms of lipid bilayer permeabilization including the barrel-stave, toroidal pore, and carpet models; and modes of permeabilization of bacterial and mammalian membranes.
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Matsuzaki, K. (2019). Membrane Permeabilization Mechanisms. In: Matsuzaki, K. (eds) Antimicrobial Peptides. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1117. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3588-4_2
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