Protein stability and conformational rearrangements in lipid bilayers: Linear gramicidin, a model system

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 614-623

  Cotten, M ^a   Xu, Feng ^a   Cross, T A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ION CONDUCTANCE; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0030748570     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78097-4     Document Type: Article

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