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carpet model: a standalone construct

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Biochemistry

a mechanism in which antimicrobial peptides cover the membrane surface like a carpet and then break it apart in a detergent-like way.

In biochemistry, carpet model refers to a mechanism in which antimicrobial peptides cover the membrane surface like a carpet and then break it apart in a detergent-like way. This meaning comes from Shai (1999) in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes.[1]

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References

Shai, Y. (1999). Mechanism of the binding, insertion and destabilization of phospholipid bilayer membranes by α-helical antimicrobial and cell non-selective membrane-lytic peptides. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 1462(1-2), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0005-2736(99)00200-x

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