Preferential partitioning of melittin into the air/water interface: Structural and thermodynamic implications

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1422-1427

  Wackerbauer, Gerhard ^a   Weis, Ingrid ^a   Schwarz, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELITTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PH; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0029737565     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79343-8     Document Type: Article

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