Barrel-stave model or toroidal model? A case study on melittin pores

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1475-1485

  Yang, Lin ^a   Harroun, Thad A ^a,b   Weiss, Thomas M ^a   Ding, Lai ^a   Huang, Huey W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; MELITTIN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MODEL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034859096     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75802-X     Document Type: Article

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