Theoretical analysis of hydrophobic matching and membrane-mediated interactions in lipid bilayers containing gramicidin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3176-3185

  Harroun, Thad A ^a   Heller, William T ^a   Weiss, Thomas M ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Huang, Huey W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILAUROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GRAMICIDIN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMITY; ELASTICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; THEORY;

EID: 0033038093     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77469-2     Document Type: Article

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