Cationic synthetic peptides used in this study.

alanine (A), arginine (R), glutamic acid (E), glycine (G), histidine (H), isoleucine (I), lysine (K), phenylalanine (F), serine (S), threonine (T), tryptophan (W), valine (V), MW – molecular weight. The linear peptide, MK5E is N-terminally acetylated (Ac) and C-terminally amidated (NH2).