The structure and function of Gramicidin A embedded in interdigitated bilayer

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-215

  Hao, Yi Heng ^a   Zhang, Guo Jiang ^a   Chen, Jian Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atropine; Gramicidin A; Interdigitated bilayer structure

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; GRAMICIDIN A; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CARBOCYANINES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENT DYES; GRAMICIDIN; INTERCALATING AGENTS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033986932     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(99)00126-7     Document Type: Article

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