Secondary structure and distribution of fusogenic LV-peptides in lipid membranes

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-445

  Ollesch, J ^a,b   Poschner, B C ^c   Nikolaus, J ^d   Hofmann, M W ^c   Herrmann, A ^d   Gerwert, K ^a   Langosch, D ^c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; LEUCINE; LIPOSOME; LV PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SUCROSE;

EID: 41049101228     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-007-0233-4     Document Type: Article

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