Selective transfer of energy through an alamethicin-doped artificial lipid membrane studied at discrete molecular level

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 94-98

  Luchian, Tudor ^a   Mereuta, Loredana ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Admittance; Alamethicin; Excitability; Lipid membranes; Spectral analysis; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; OLIGOMERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WHITE NOISE;

ALAMETHICIN; EXCITABILITY; LIPID MEMBRANES; VOLTAGE-CLAMP;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

ALAMETHICIN; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR MODEL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; WHITE NOISE;

EID: 33747831377     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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