• Peptide Highlights

    Cysteine: an Essential Inessential Amino Acid

    January 1, 2017

    Cysteine is not, of course, one of the ten “essential” proteinogenic α-amino acids that mammals require in their diet. In many other respects, however, cysteine is just as important as any of...
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    Daptomycin – A New Twist To An Old Tale

    December 2, 2016

    Daptomycin is no newcomer to the stage of antibiotics, yet its mechanism of action has been a source of controversy since its discovery over 30 years ago. Exciting results of a collaborative study...
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