Recent advances in the high resolution structures of bacterial channels: Gramicidin A

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-141

  Wallace, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism spectroscopy; Conductance; Ion channels; Membranes; NMR spectroscopy; Phospholipid bilayers; Pores; Structure function relationship; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GRAMICIDIN A; ION; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; HYDROGEN BOND; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031830332     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3948     Document Type: Article

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