Peptide-Based Drug Design: Here and Now -- Strategies for the Discovery, Isolation, and Characterization of Natural Bioactive Peptides from the Immune System of Invertebrates -- Sequence Analysis of Antimicrobial Peptides by Tandem Mass Spectrometry -- The Spot Technique: Synthesis and Screening of Peptide Macroarrays on Cellulose Membranes -- Analysis of A? Interactions Using ProteinChip Technology -- NMR in Peptide Drug Development -- Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Peptides -- Short Linear Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides: Screening, Optimizing, and Prediction -- Investigating the Mode of Action of Proline-Rich Antimicrobial Peptides Using a Genetic Approach: A Tool to Identify New Bacterial Targets Amenable to the Design of Novel Antibiotics -- Serum Stability of Peptides -- Preparation of Glycosylated Amino Acids Suitable for Fmoc Solid-Phase Assembly -- Synthesis of O-Phosphopeptides on Solid Phase -- Peptidomimetics: Fmoc Solid-Phase Pseudopeptide Synthesis -- Synthesis of Toll-Like Receptor-2 Targeting Lipopeptides as Self-Adjuvanting Vaccines -- Synthesis of a Multivalent, Multiepitope Vaccine Construct -- Cysteine-Containing Fusion Tag for Site-Specific Conjugation of Therapeutic and Imaging Agents to Targeting Proteins.

Due to their high specificity and low toxicity profile, peptides have once again become central to the development of new drugs. In Peptide-Based Drug Design: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers provide a handbook which offers a selection of research and production tools suitable for transforming a promising protein fragment or stand-alone native peptide into a pharmaceutically acceptable composition. The volume delves into contemporary, cutting-edge subjects such as hit isolation and target validation, computer-aided design, sequence modifications to satisfy pharmacologists, in vivo stability and imaging, and the actual production of difficult sequences. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include readily reproducible, step-by-step laboratory protocols, lists of materials, and the Notes section, which highlights tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Comprehensive and up-to-date, Peptide-Based Drug Design: Methods and Protocols shows its subject to be an independent science on the rise, and provides scientists with a clear, concise guide for continuing this vital research.