Structure and orientation of the mammalian antibacterial peptide cecropin P1 within phospholipid membranes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 860-870

  Gazit, Ehud ^a   Miller, Israel R ^a   Biggin, Phil C ^b   Sansom, Mark S P ^b   Shai, Yechiel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipathic helix; ATR FTIR; Innate immunity; Peptide membrane interaction; Toxic mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029873933     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0293     Document Type: Article

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