Effect of ionic strength on the organization and dynamics of membrane-bound melittin

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Raghuraman, H ^a   Ganguly, Sourav ^a   Chattopadhyay, Amitabha ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acrylamide quenching; Ionic strength; Lipid protein interaction; Melittin organization; Red edge excitation shift; Tryptophan fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; ION; MELITTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; SOLVENT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MONITORING; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIZATION; SOLVATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; IONS; MELITTEN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 33750171887     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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