Conformation and membrane orientation of amphiphilic helical peptides by oriented circular dichroism

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3872-3881

  Bürck, Jochen ^a   Roth, Siegmar ^a   Wadhwani, Parvesh ^a   Afonin, Sergii ^a   Kanithasen, Nathalie ^a   Strandberg, E ^a   Ulrich, Anne S ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(KIAGKIA)3 PEPTIDE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PEPTIDE GLY LEU AMIDE; PEPTIDE-GLY-LEU-AMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

EID: 56049103780     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.136085     Document Type: Article

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