Detergents modulate dimerization, but not helicity, of the glycophorin A transmembrane domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 639-651

  Fisher, Lillian E ^a   Engelman, Donald M ^a   Sturgis, James N ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; FRET; Integral membrane protein; Protein lipid interactions; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

AMPHOLYTE; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GLYCOPHORIN A; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; HUMAN; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032732426     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3126     Document Type: Article

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