Binding and crossing: Methods for the characterization of membrane-active peptides interactions with membranes at the molecular level

Antimicrobial and cell-penetrating peptides have been the object of extensive studies for more than 60 years. Initially these two families were studied separately, recently parallels drawn. These given rise to numerous methodological developments both in terms observation techniques membrane models. This review presents some most recent original innovative this field, namely droplet interface bilayers (DIBs), new fluorescence approaches, force measurements, photolabelling.