Can we design the antimicrobial peptide Buforin II to be more effective against bacteria?

Student author(s): Gabriela Kim ’23

Faculty supervisor: Donald E. Elmore, Louise Darling

Abstract: Can we design the antimicrobial peptide Buforin II to be more effective against bacteria?

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Keywords: Antimicrobial peptide, Buforin II, Antibiotic resistance, bacteria

Funding source: Roberta Day Staley and Karl A. Staley Fund for Cancer-related Research Awards/ Barbara Peterson Ruhlman ’54 Fund for Interdisciplinary Studies