How protein transmembrane segments sense the lipid environment

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1457-1465

  Nyholm, Thomas K M ^a,b   Özdirekcan, Suat ^a   Antoinette Killian, J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSENSORS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEINS;

LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TRANSMEMBRANE;

LIPIDS;

MEMBRANE LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA HELIX; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 33846963172     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi061941c     Document Type: Review

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