Membrane interactions of cell-penetrating peptides probed by tryptophan fluorescence and dichroism techniques: Correlations of structure to cellular uptake

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 7682-7692

  Caesar, Christina E B ^a   Esbjörner, Elin K ^a   Lincoln, Per ^a   Nordén, Bengt ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHOLESTEROL; CORRELATION METHODS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

BILAYER MEMBRANES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM (CD); SECONDARY STRUCTURES; TRYPTOPHAN;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

ARGININE; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; CHOLESTEROL; OLIGOARGININE; OLIGOMER; PENETRATIN; PEPTIDE; R7W PROTEIN; TATP59W PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLOW LINEAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; LINEAR DICHROISM; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTUM YIELD; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRICETINAE; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; RATS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 33745151952     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi052095t     Document Type: Article

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