An asymmetric ion channel derived from gramicidin A synthesis, function and NMR structure

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 975-986

  Xie, Xiulan ^a   Al Momani, Lo'ay ^a   Reiß, Philipp ^a   Griesinger, Christian ^b   Koert, Ulrich ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

helix; Asymmetric D, L peptides; CD spectroscopy; Dyana NMR structure; Ion channel

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CESIUM CHLORIDE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GRAMICIDIN A; ION CHANNEL; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID BILAYER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA, CIRCULAR; GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 14144255591     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2004.04531.x     Document Type: Article

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