BaAMPs is a project supported by Nanoscience Institute of CNR (national research council) and Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in collaboration with Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS) and University of Pisa (UniPI).
Authors
- Dr Mariagrazia Di Luca This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. NEST, Nanoscience Institute - CNR and SNS, Pisa, Italy
- Dr Giuseppe Maccari This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Center for Nanotechnology Innovation @NEST, IIT, Pisa, Italy
- Dr Giuseppantonio Maisetta This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Department of Translational Research and new Technologies in Medicine and Surgery , UniPI, Pisa, Italy
- Prof Giovanna Batoni This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Department of Translational Research and new Technologies in Medicine and Surgery , UniPI, Pisa, Italy
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Riccardo Nifosì (CNR) for helpful discussions and Dr Daria Bottai (UniPI) and Lisa Lombardi (UniPI) for suggestion related to the usability of this database.
Our relevant publications on this topic
- Lombardi L, Maisetta G, Batoni G, Tavanti A. Insights into the antimicrobial properties of Hepcidins: advantages and drawbacks as potential therapeutic agents. Molecules 2015; 20(4):6319-6341.
- Di Luca M, Maccari G, Maisetta G, Batoni G. BaAMPs: the database of biofilm-active antimicrobial peptides. Biofouling 2015; 31(2):193-9.
- Maccari G, Di Luca M, Nifosì R. In silico design of antimicrobial peptides. Methods Mol Biol. 2015 1268:195–219.
- Di Luca M, Maccari G, Nifosì R. Treatment of microbial biofilms in the post-antibiotic era: prophylactic and therapeutic use of antimicrobial peptides and their design by bioinformatics tools. Pathog Dis. 2014; 70(3):257-70.
- Brancatisano FL, Maisetta G, Di Luca M, Esin S, Bottai D, Bizzarri R, Campa M, Batoni G. Inhibitory effect of the human liver-derived antimicrobial peptide hepcidin 20 on biofilms of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA)-positive and PIA-negative strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Biofouling 2014; 30(4):435-46.
- Maccari G, Di Luca M, Nifosí R, Cardarelli F, Signore G, Boccardi C, Bifone A. Antimicrobial peptides design by evolutionary multiobjective optimization. PLoS Comput Biol 2013; 9(9):e1003212.
- Batoni G, Maisetta G, Brancatisano FL, Esin S, Campa M. Use of antimicrobial peptides against microbial biofilms: advantages and limits. Curr Med Chem. 2011; 18(2):256-79.