Structure-function relationship of model Aib-containing peptides as ion transfer intermembrane templates

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 705-712

  Higashimoto, Yuichiro ^a   Kodama, Hiroaki ^a   Jelokhani Niaraki, Masood ^b   Kato, Fumio ^a   Kondo, Michio ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aib (2 aminoisobutyric acid) peptide; Antimicrobial activity; Ion channel activity; Peptide chain aggregation; Solid phase peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; PEPTAIBOL; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETRAMER;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; MODEL; PATCH CLAMP; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032930050     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022340     Document Type: Article

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