Transport of α-helical peptides through α-hemolysin and aerolysin pores

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 9172-9179

  Stefureac, Radu ^a   Long, Yi Tao ^a   Kraatz, Heinz Bernhard ^a   Howard, Peter ^a   Lee, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

HELICAL PEPTIDES; LIPID MEMBRANES; TRANSLOCATION;

POLYPEPTIDES;

AEROLYSIN; ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; FLUORENYLMETHOXYCARBONYL DERIVATIVE; HEMOLYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DIPOLE; LIPID MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LIPID BILAYERS; PEPTIDES; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33746590221     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0604835     Document Type: Article

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