Tryptophan rotamer distributions in amphipathic peptides at a lipid surface

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3235-3242

  Clayton, Andrew H A ^a   Sawyer, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033002410     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77475-8     Document Type: Article

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