Solid-state NMR study of antimicrobial peptides from Australian frogs in phospholipid membranes

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Baila, M S ^a   Bowie, J H ^b   Separovic, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bilayers; Membranes; Peptides; Solid state NMR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUREIN; CITROPIN; DETERGENT; GLYCYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLALANYL GLUTAMYLSERYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; GLYCYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANYLASPARTYLVALYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLLYSYLVALYLALANYLSERYLVAL YLISOLEUCYLGLYCYLGLYCYLLEUCINAMIDE; GLYCYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANYLGLYCYLVALYLLEUCYLALANYLLYSYLVALYLALANYLALANYLHISTID YLVALYLVALYLPROLYLALANYLISOLEUCYLALANYLGLUTAMYLHISTIDYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; MACULATIN; NITROGEN 15; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL LABELING; DEUTERON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FROG; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MICELLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOLID STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHROMONES; LIPID BILAYERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RANIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYLIDAE; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 3342906298     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0342-7     Document Type: Article

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