Folding and Membrane Insertion of the Pore-Forming Peptide Gramicidin Occur as a Concerted Process

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 358-366

  Hicks, Matthew R ^a,b   Damianoglou, Angeliki ^a   Rodger, Alison ^a   Dafforn, Timothy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

folding; gramicidin; kinetics; linear dichroism; membrane protein

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN A;

ARTICLE; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; DISSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; LINEAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 52949116417     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.091     Document Type: Article

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