Structure, location, and lipid perturbations of melittin at the membrane interface

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 801-811

  Hristova, Kalina ^a   Dempsey, Christopher E ^b   White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELITTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0035144532     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76059-6     Document Type: Article

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