Channel properties of template assembled alamethicin tetramers

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 9, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 776-783

  Duclohier, Hervé ^a   Alder, Glenn ^b   Kociolek, Karol ^c   Leplawy, Miroslaw T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Channel forming peptides; Conductances; Peptaibols; Planar lipid bilayers; Template assembled synthetic proteins; Voltage dependence

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; ALANINE; GLYCINE; ION CHANNEL; PROLINE; TETRAMER;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; ION CONDUCTANCE; MOLECULAR SIZE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALAMETHICIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; IONOPHORES; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY;

EID: 0345601964     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.523     Document Type: Article

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