MicrobiologybioRxiv
Cationic Peptides Facilitate Iron-induced Mutagenesis in Bacteria
Alexandro Rodriguez-Rojas, Olga Makarova, Uta Mueller, Jens Rolff
The paper shows that cationic peptides like LL-37 enhance iron-induced mutagenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by enabling iron entry, leading to DNA damage via Fenton reactions.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005546