Study of the antimicrobial peptide indolicidin and a mutant in micelle medium by molecular dynamics simulation

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 986-999

  Fuzo, C A ^a   Castro, J R M ^a   Degreve L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Dodecylphosphocholine micelle; Indolicidin; Indolicidin mutant; Molecular dynamics simulation; Peptide micelle interaction

Indexed keywords

CP 10A; INDOLICIDIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTATION; GENE INSERTION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MICELLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIMULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; MICELLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 56749177067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol7-4gmr477     Document Type: Article

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