Molecular modeling of amoebapore and NK-lysin: A four-α-helix bundle motif of cytolytic peptides from distantly related organisms

Folding and Design

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-52

  Dandekar, Thomas ^a   Leippe, Matthias ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Entamoeba histolytica; Genetic algorithm; Natural killer cell; Pore formation; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; N ACETYLMURAMINIDASE PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; N-ACETYLMURAMINIDASE PROTEIN, ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; NK LYSIN; NK-LYSIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEOLIPID; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; KINETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEOLIPIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWINE;

EID: 0030627615     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(97)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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