Engineered Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides Containing Cholesterol Interacting Motifs to Target Viral Envelopes

Mary L Hasek^1,2, Jonathan D Steckbeck^1,3, Berthony Deslouches^1,3, Jodi K Craigo^1,3* and Ronald C Montelaro^1,3

¹Center for Vaccine Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, E-mail: craigoj@pitt.edu

²Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, E-mail: craigoj@pitt.edu

³Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, E-mail: craigoj@pitt.edu

^*Corresponding Author: Jodi K Craigo, Center for Vaccine Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Tel: 412-648-8874, Fax: 412-624-4440 Email: