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  • A multiscale approach to bacterial adhesion

    Creator:
    Ostvar, Sassan
    Abstract:
    This work is an attempt to develop a simple physical description for the initial interactions between a bacterial cell and a substrate surface. This is done by adopting a view that regards bacterial surface biomolecules not as secondary and add-on contributors to the potential energy function that characterizes the overall...
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    Masters Thesis
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    various types of molecules and their structural diversity render the bacterial cell wall inherently rough

  • Probing the Biophysical interactions of Anti-Microbial Peptide WLBU2 Using Model Membrane Systems

    Creator:
    Golbek, Thaddeus W.
    Abstract:
    WLBU2 is an engineered cationic amphiphilic peptide that targets Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and envelopes endotoxin while avoiding other cell types. The exact mechanism of how WLBU2 targets, binds, and disrupts bacterial cell membranes is still not completely known. Thus, the overall goal of this investigation is to determine the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Biophysics The selectivity of AMPs is attributed to the composition of the bacterial cell wall versus a