Properties of Alamethicin incorporated into planar lipid bilayers under the influence of microgravity

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 771-773

  Klinke, N ^a   Goldermann, M ^a   Hanke, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

LIPID BILAYERS;

SPACE FLIGHT;

ALAMETHICIN; ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIPID BILAYER; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ALAMETHICIN; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0034310728     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(00)00115-6     Document Type: Article

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