Orientation of cecropin A helices in phospholipid bilayers determined by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3152-3155

  Marassi, Francesca M ^a,c   Opella, Stanley J ^a   Juvvadi, Padmaja ^b   Merrifield, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN A;

ARTICLE; LYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOLID STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032763732     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77145-6     Document Type: Article

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