Role of tryptophan residues in gramicidin channel organization and function

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 166-175

  Chattopadhyay, Amitabha ^a   Rawat, Satinder S ^a,c   Greathouse, Denise V ^b   Kelkar, Devaki A ^a,d   Koeppe II, Roger E ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 46749129750     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.124206     Document Type: Article

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