Temperature-jump and voltage-jump experiments at planar lipid membranes support an aggregational (micellar) model of the gramicidin A ion channel

The Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 23-37

  Stark, G ^a   Strassle M ^a   Takacz Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

gramicidin A; ion channel; lipid membrane; temperature jump; voltage jump

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN A;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MONITORING; ION CHANNEL; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRAMICIDIN; IN VITRO; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0022648044     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01870893     Document Type: Article

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