Origins And Development Of Peptide Antibiotic Research : From Extracts To Abstracts To Contracts / John K. Spitznagel -- Hplc Methods For Purification Of Antimicrobial Peptides / Michael E. Selsted -- Strategies For The Isolation And Characterization Of Antimicrobial Peptides Of Invertebrates / Charles Hetru, Philippe Bulet -- Big Defensin And Tachylectins-1 And -2 / Shun-ichiro Kawabata, Sadaaki Iwanaga -- Tachyplesin And Anti-lipopolysaccharide Factor / Tatsushi Muta, Sadaaki Iwanaga -- Circular Dichroism Studies Of Secondary Structure Of Peptides / Martha M. Juban, Maryam M. Javadpour, Mary D. Barkley -- Analytical Ultracentrifugation Studies Of Association Of Peptides / Martha M. Juban, Maryam M. Javadpour, Mary D. Barkley -- Nmr Characterization Of Amphipathic Helical Peptides / Xiaotang Wang, Kathleen M. Morden -- Laboratory Production Of Antimicrobial Peptides In Native Conformation / Erika V. Valore, Tomas Ganz --^ An Approach Combining Rapid Cdna Amplification And Chemical Synthesis Or The Identification Of Novel, Cathelicidin-derived, Antimicrobial Peptides / Alessandro Tossi, Marco Scocchi, Margherita Zanetti, Renato Gennaro, Paola Storici, Domenico Romeo -- Molecular Biological Strategies In The Analysis Of Antibiotic Peptide Gene Families : The Use Oligonucleotides As Hybridization Probes / Charles L. Bevins, Gill Diamond -- Designer Assays For Antimicrobial Peptides: Disputing The One-size-fits-all Theory / Deborah A. Steinberg, Robert I. Lehrer -- Interaction Of Cationic Peptides With Bacterial Membranes / Shafique Fidai, Susan W. Farmer, Robert E. Hancock -- The Genetic Basis Of Microbial Resistance To Antimicrobial Peptides / Eduardo A. Groisman, Arden Aspedon -- Assay Of Antibacterial Activities Of The Bactericidal/permeability-increasing Protein In Natural Biological Fluids / Jerrold Weiss -- Assay Systems For Measurement Of Chemotactic Activity / H. Anne Pereira --^ Neutralization Of The In Vivo Activity Of E. Coli-derived Lipopolysaccharide By Cationic Peptides / Daniel J. Brackett, Megan R. Lerner, H. Anne Pereira. Edited By William M. Shafer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.