A quantitative model for the all-or-none permeabilization of phospholipid vesicles by the antimicrobial peptide cecropin A

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1667-1680

  Gregory, Sonia M ^a   Cavenaugh, Allison ^a   Journigan, Velvet ^a   Pokorny, Antje ^a   Almeida, Paulo F F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG EFFECT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 40149107726     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.118760     Document Type: Article

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