Activity and Mechanism of Antimicrobial Peptide-Mimetic Amphiphilic Polymethacrylate Derivatives.docVIP

Polymers 2011, 3, 1512-1532; doi:10.3390/polym3031512 OPEN ACCESS polymers ISSN 2073-4360 /journal/polymers Article Activity and Mechanism of Antimicrobial Peptide-Mimetic Amphiphilic Polymethacrylate Derivatives Iva Sovadinova 1, Edmund F. Palermo 2, Michael Urban 3, Philomene Mpiga 1, Gregory A. Caputo 3 and Kenichi Kuroda 1,2,* 1 Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1011 N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; E-Mails: sovadinova@recetox.muni.cz (I.S.); ph_mpiga@yahoo.fr (P.M.) 2 Macromolecular Science and Engineering Center, U