Parallel and antiparallel dimers of Magainin 2: Their interaction with phospholipid membrane and antibacterial activity

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 570-577

  Mukai, Yasuhiro ^a   Matsushita, Yuko ^a   Niidome, Takuro ^a   Hatekeyama, Tomomitsu ^a   Aoyagi, Haruhiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Circular dichroism; Maginin 2; Membrane permeability; Parallel and antiparallel dimers

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIMER; HEMOLYTIC AGENT; LIPOSOME; MAGAININ 2; MONOMER; TRYPTOPHAN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; MAGAININ 2 PEPTIDE, XENOPUS; PHOSPHOLIPID; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID VESICLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0036811915     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.416     Document Type: Article

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