Unfolding and extraction of a transmembrane α-helical peptide: Dynamic force spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3129-3140

  Contera, Sonia Antoranz ^a   Lemaître, Vincent ^a,b   De Planque, Maurits R R ^a   Watts, Anthony ^a   Ryan, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DISTEAROYLGLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOCHOLINE; CYSTEINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GOLD; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COVALENT BOND; GEL; LIPID BILAYER; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 27744527489     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.061721     Document Type: Article

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