Interaction of melittin with membrane cholesterol: A fluorescence approach

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2419-2432

  Raghuraman, H ^a   Chattopadhyay, Amitabha ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; DEHYDROERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; MELITTIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,2 OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 1,2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; WATER PERMEABILITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BINDING SITES; CHOLESTEROL; KINETICS; LIPOSOMES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MELITTEN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 15244358803     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.043596     Document Type: Article

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