Fusion induced aggregation of model vesicles studied by dynamic and static light scattering

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-106

  Trivedi, V D ^a   Yu, C ^b   Veeramuthu, B ^a   Francis, S ^a   Chang, D K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Decanting; Dynamic light scattering; Hemagglutinin fusion peptide; Membrane fusion

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMAGGLUTININ GLYCOPROTEINS, INFLUENZA VIRUS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0034284076     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(00)00155-9     Document Type: Article

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