title: Peptide dendrimers.
abstract: Dendrimers are branched structures and represent a fast growing field covering many areas of chemistry. Various types of dendrimers differing in composition and structure are mentioned, together with their practical use spanning from catalysis, transport vehicles to synthetic vaccines. The main stress is given to peptide dendrimers, namely, multiple antigenic peptides (MAPs). Their synthesis, physicochemical properties, biological activities, etc. have been described with many examples. MAPs can be used as diagnostics, mimetics, for complexation of different cations, as vaccines against parasites, bacteria, viruses, etc.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Niederhafner
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sebestík
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jezek
mesh_terms: D050091:Dendrimers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D050091:Dendrimers; D010455:Peptides; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic