Bilayer interactions of indolicidin, a small antimicrobial peptide rich in tryptophan, proline, and basic amino acids

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2 I, 1997, Pages 794-805

  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

INDOLICIDIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

EID: 0031022395     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78713-7     Document Type: Article

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