Interaction of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone with binary phospholipid membranes: Structural changes and relevance of phase behavior

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2273-2283

  Contreras, Lellys M ^a   De Almeida, Rodrigo F M ^b   Villalaín, José ^a   Fedorov, Aleksandre ^b   Prieto, Manuel ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIMYRISTOYLGLYCERO 3 PHOSPHATE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HORMONE BINDING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0035029804     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76199-1     Document Type: Article

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