Peptides in lipid bilayers: the power of simple models

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-479

  Killian, J Antoinette ^a   Nyholm, Thomas KM ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

LIPID BILAYER; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES;

EID: 33746647787     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.06.007     Document Type: Review

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