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Structural and Functional Versatility of the Amyloidogenic Non-Amidated Variant of the Anitmicrobial Peptide Citropin 1.3.  
F. Strati, M. Pigozzi Cali, Y. Bloch, S. Mostafavi, J. Monistrol, A. Golubev, B. Rayan, E. Gustavsson, M. Landau. Biomacromolecules  Epub ahead of print

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Natural Antimicrobial Peptides Self-assemble as α/β Chameleon Amyloids.  
P. Ragonis-Bachar*, B. Rayan*, E. Barnea, Y. Engelberg, A. Upcher, and M. Landau. Biomacromolecules  Epub ahead of print
* Authors contributed equally.

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The Cryo-EM Structures of two Amphibian Antimicrobial Cross-β Amyloid Fibrils.
R. Bücker, C. Seuring, C. Cazey, K. Veith, M. García-Alai, K. Grünewald, and M. Landau. Nature Communications  13: 4356; 2022.

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The amphibian antimicrobial peptide uperin 3.5 is a cross-α/cross-β chameleon functional amyloid.
Nir Salinas*, Einav Tayeb-Fligelman*, Massimo D. Sammito, Daniel Bloch, Raz Jelinek, Dror Noy, Isabel Usón, Meytal Landau. PNAS 118 (3) e2014442118; 2021 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014442118. *Authors contributed equally.

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The Human LL-37(17-29) Antimicrobial Peptide Reveals a Functional Supramolecular Structure.
Y. Engelberg and M. Landau. Nat Commun 11, 3894 (2020)  Full text

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Structural insight led to repurposing anti-Alzheimer’s compounds to fight bacterial biofilm
Perov*, O. Lidor*, N. Salinas*, N. Golan*, E. Tayeb-Fligelman, M. Deshmukh, D. Willbold, and M. Landau. PLoS Pathog 15(8):e1007978. Full text

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A toxic bacterial peptide forms unique cross-α amyloid fibrils leading to killing human immune cells.
Tayeb-Fligelman, O. Tabachnikov, A. Moshe, O. Goldshimidt-Tran, M.R. Sawaya, N. Coquelle, J.-P. Colletier, M. Landau. Science 355(6327): 831-833; 2017 Full text

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