The effects of ring-size analogs of the antimicrobial peptide gramicidin S on phospholipid bilayer model membranes and on the growth of Acholeplasma laidlawii B

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5911-5920

  Kiricsi, Monika ^a   Prenner, Elmar J ^a   Jelokhani Niaraki, Masood ^a,b   Lewis, Ruthven N A H ^a   Hodges, Robert S ^a,c   McElhaney, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Gramicidin S; Membranes; Phospholipid bilayers

Indexed keywords

AMPHOLYTE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLO(VALYLLYSYLLEUCYL DEXTRO TYROSYLPROLINE); CYCLO(VALYLLYSYLLEUCYLLYSYL DEXTRO TYROSYLPROLYLLYSYLVALYLLYSYLLEUCYL DEXTRO TYROSYLPROLINE); CYCLO(VALYLLYSYLLEUCYLLYSYLVALYL DEXTRO TYROSYLPROLYLLEUCYLLYSYLVALYLLYSYLLEUCYL DEXTRO TYROSYLPROLINE); FLUORESCENT DYE; GRAMICIDIN DERIVATIVE; GRAMICIDIN S; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BETA SHEET; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENCY; GEL; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MEMBRANE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE DENSITY;

ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; GRAMICIDIN; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036445687     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03315.x     Document Type: Article

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