Surfactant protein C and lung function: New insights into the role of α-helical length and palmitoylation

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 477-489

  Na Nakorn, Pariya ^a   Meyer, Michaela C ^a   Flach, Carol R ^b   Mendelsohn, Richard ^b   Galla, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Film balance technique; Fluorescence microscopy; Helical length; Langmuir Blodgett transfer; Lung surfactant protein C; Palmitoylation; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PEPTIDE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN C;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; LUNG FUNCTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; LUNG; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN C; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 34247228147     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-006-0102-6     Document Type: Article

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