Interactions between human defensins and lipid bilayers: Evidence for formation of multimeric pores

Protein Science

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1994, Pages 1362-1373

  Wimley, William C ^a   Selsted, Michael E ^a   White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antimicrobial peptides; fluorescence quenching assays; human defensin HNP 2; large unilamellar vesicles (LUV); peptide bilayer interactions; vesicle fusion; vesicle permeabilization

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DEFENSINS; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHALENES; NEUTROPHILS; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028061984     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560030902     Document Type: Article

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