Magainin 2 in phospholipid bilayers: Peptide orientation and lipid chain ordering studied by X-ray diffraction

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1562, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 37-44

  Münster, Christian ^a   Spaar, Alexander ^a   Bechinger, Burkhard ^b   Salditt, Tim ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic peptide; Lipid peptide interaction; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

MAGAININ 2; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; LIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0037012964     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(02)00357-7     Document Type: Article

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