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Hemolytic Activity of Antimicrobial Peptides

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Antimicrobial Peptides

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For antimicrobial peptides to be interesting for systemic applications, they must show low toxicity against erythrocytes. In this chapter, we describe a protocol for measuring the ability of AMPs to lyse human red blood cells, using melittin as positive control.

The original version of this chapter was revised. The erratum to this chapter is available at: DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-6737-7_32

An erratum to this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6737-7_32

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  1. Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 2, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Alberto Oddo & Paul R. Hansen

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Oddo, A., Hansen, P.R. (2017). Hemolytic Activity of Antimicrobial Peptides. In: Hansen, P. (eds) Antimicrobial Peptides. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1548. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6737-7_31

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