Hydrophobic coupling of lipid bilayer energetics to channel function

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 477-493

  Goforth, Robyn L ^a   Chi, Aung K ^b   Greathouse, Denise V ^a   Providence, Lyndon L ^b   Koeppe II, Roger E ^a   Andersen, Olaf S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilayer mechanics; Gramicidin channels; Hydrophobic coupling; Lateral association

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNEL; MONOMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CONDUCTANCE; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAMICIDIN; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0038370007     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200308797     Document Type: Article

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