Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a specific form of arteriosclerosis in which an artery-wall thickens as a result of invasion and accumulation of white blood cells (WBCs) (foam cell) and proliferation of intimal-smooth-muscle cell creating a fibrofatty plaque.
3D Structure of Antimicrobial Peptides 1. Structure annotation The information on the three-dimensional (3D) structure of antimicrobial peptides is annotated in this database from the first version of the APD (Wang & Wang, 2004).It includes methods for structural determination, structural class, structural regions, critical residues, and the type of membrane-mimetic environments.. Structural statistics of antimicrobial peptides A list of antimicrobial peptdes with a defined 3D structure can be obtained by searching the APD database. The statistics of a variety of structures is also provided in this database. Go to the Statistic Interface.
An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth. Antimicrobial medicines can be grouped according to the microorganisms they act primarily against. For example, antibacterials are used against bacteria and antifungals are used against fungi. They can also be classified according to their function. Agents that kill microbes are called microbicidal, while those that merely inhibit their growth are called biostatic.