Figure 5. Biological activity of peptides plotted against theoretical transfer energy.

a) activity against E. Coli. b) activity against red blood cells. The lines correspond to the theoretical expectation from the ‘carpet’ model for different value of the critical surface fraction covered. The red points are the peptides proposed to adopt the ‘pore forming’ mechanism. The green points are the peptides proposed to adopt the ‘carpet’ mechanism. The black points are the peptides that have unknown mechanism.