An amphipathic α-helix at a membrane interface: A structural study using a novel X-ray diffraction method

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-117

  Hristova, Kalina ^a   Wimley, William C ^b   Mishra, Vinod K ^c   Anantharamiah, G M ^c   Segrest, Jere P ^c   White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ac 18A NH2 peptide; Apolipoprotein A I; Liquid crystallography; Membrane structure; Phosphatidylcholine bilayer

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; LIPID BILAYER; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033516703     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2840     Document Type: Article

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