Morphological behavior of acidic and neutral liposomes induced by basic amphiphilic α-helical peptides with systematically varied hydrophobic- hydrophilic balance

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1457-1468

  Kitamura, Akiko ^a   Kiyota, Taira ^a   Tomohiro, Mitsunori ^a   Umeda, Akiko ^b   Lee, Sannamu ^a   Inoue, Tohru ^a   Sugihara, Gohsuke ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID BILAYER; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033054112     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77306-6     Document Type: Article

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