Membrane protein insertion: The biology-physics nexus

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-369

  White, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCTANOL; TRANSLOCON;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OCTANOLS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 34247580102     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709741     Document Type: Review

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