Structural features that modulate the transmembrane migration of a hydrophobic peptide in lipid vesicles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3023-3030

  Jayasinghe, Sajith ^a   Barranger Mathys, Melissa ^a,c   Ellena, Jeffrey F ^a   Franklin, Craig ^a,b   Cafiso, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Liposome Company Incorporated   (United States)

^c MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031835795     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)78010-5     Document Type: Article

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