The roles of tryptophan residues in the structure, function, and folding of the gramicidin transmembrane ion channel

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 398, Issue , 1996, Pages 607-614

  Wallace, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNEL; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0030340672     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0381-7_100     Document Type: Article

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