The surfactant peptide KL4 sequence is inserted with a transmembrane orientation into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Martínez Gil, Luis ^a   Pérez Gil, Jesús ^b   Mingarro, Ismael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN B;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; LETTER; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PULMONARY SURFACTANT-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN B;

EID: 55549108720     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.138602     Document Type: Article

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