A high-throughput screen for identifying transmembrane pore-forming peptides

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 258-263

  Rausch, Joshua M ^a   Wimley, William C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alamethicin; Combinatorial; Dipicolinic acid; DPA; Tb3+; Terbium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MICROCHANNELS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TERBIUM;

ALAMETHICIN; COMBINATORIAL; COMBINATORIAL PEPTIDE LIBRARIES; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT ASSAYS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENS; LIPID BILAYER MEMBRANES;

TERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALAMETHICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHELATING AGENT; DIPICOLINIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TERBIUM;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035876283     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2001.5137     Document Type: Article

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