Structure and thermotropic behavior of the staphylococcus aureus lipid lysyl-dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2150-2159

  Danner, Sabine ^a   Pabst, Georg ^a   Lohner, Karl ^a   Hickel, Andrea ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,2 DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; 1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; LIPID; LIPOSOME; LYSINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEAT; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOPHYSICS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; LIPOSOMES; LYSINE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PROTONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 44049085333     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.123422     Document Type: Article

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