Melittin: A membrane-active peptide with diverse functions

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 189-223

  Raghuraman, H ^a   Chattopadhyay, Amitabha ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregation and pores; Hemolysis; Lipid protein interactions; Melittin; Melittin orientation; Tryptophan fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BEE VENOM; HEMOLYTIC AGENT; LIPID; MELITTIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHANNEL GATING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOMETRY; DNA VECTOR; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICELLIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INHIBITION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ION CHANNELS; LEISHMANIA; MELITTEN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 34447282684     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10540-006-9030-z     Document Type: Review

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