Conformation and environment of channel-forming peptides: A simulation study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1855-1864

  Johnston, Jennifer M ^a   Cook, Gabriel A ^b,c   Tomich, John M ^b   Sansom, Mark S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HYDROGEN; LIPID; PEPTIDE; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN BOND; MICELLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MOTION; POROSITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; PEPTIDES; POROSITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33646005837     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.069625     Document Type: Article

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