The mechanism of channel formation by alamethicin as viewed by molecular dynamics simulations

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 225, Issue , 1999, Pages 128-145

  Sansom, Mark S P ^a   Tieleman, D Peter ^b   Berendsen, Herman J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ION CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ALAMETHICIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 0032601433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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