Sizing membrane pores in lipid vesicles by leakage of co-encapsulated markers: Pore formation by melittin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1762-1766

  Ladokhin, Alexey S ^a,b,c   Selsted, Michael E ^b   White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PALLADIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELITTIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HEMOLYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

APOIDEA;

EID: 0030971376     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78822-2     Document Type: Article

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