Mechanism of alamethicin insertion into lipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2669-2679

  He, Ke ^a   Ludtke, Steve J ^a   Heller, William T ^a   Huang, Huey W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DATA ANALYSIS; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID METABOLISM; MICELLE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029959846     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79458-4     Document Type: Article

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