Vol.26 No.2（2004 April）：125-128

Research Progress in Antimicrobial Peptides

Li Cong^2*, Yan An¹, Yu Li Feng¹, Liu Wei Quan¹

（²College of Veterinary Medicine of China Agricultural University, ¹College of Biological Sciences of China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China）

Abstract: Antimicrobial peptides or peptide antibiotics, a part of innate immune system, are widely spread in both plants and animals. They have a wide antibacterial spectrum, and some even have effects on fungi, virus and cancer cells. Recent study of their mechanism and resistance is rather intensive, which will be reviewed in this article.

Key words: antimicrobial peptides; mechanism; resistance

*Corresponding author, E-mail: licongss@sina.com