Interactions of the antimicrobial β-peptide β-17 with phospholipid vesicles differ from membrane interactions of magainins

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1240-1248

  Epand, Raquel F ^a   Umezawa, Naoki ^b   Porter, Emilie A ^b   Gellman, Samuel H ^b   Epand, Richard M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

peptide; Antimicrobial; Membrane intrinsic curvature; Membrane leakage; Peptide lipid interactions

Indexed keywords

BETA PEPTIDE 17; PHOSPHOLIPID; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0345074088     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03484.x     Document Type: Article

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