Membrane lysis by the antibacterial peptides cecropins B1 and B3: A spin-label electron spin resonance study on phospholipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3120-3133

  Hung, Shao Ching ^b   Wang, Wei ^a   Chan, Sunney I ^b   Chen, Hueih Min ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN B; PHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LYSIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 0032806444     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77142-0     Document Type: Article

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