Structural Restraints and Heterogeneous Orientation of the Gramicidin A Channel Closed State in Lipid Bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2837-2845

  Mo, Y ^a,b   Cross, T A ^a,b   Nerdal, W ^a,b,c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GRAMICIDIN A;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CONFORMATION; HYBRID; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLID STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346127399     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74336-2     Document Type: Article

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