Mechanisms of antimicrobial, cytolytic, and cell-penetrating peptides: From kinetics to thermodynamics

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 8083-8093

  Almeida, Paulo F ^a   Pokorny, Antje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPATHIC; BINDING AFFINITIES; BOUND STATE; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDE; FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY SCALE; MODEL MEMBRANES; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLES; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS;

AMINES; BINDING ENERGY; LIPOSOMES; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYPEPTIDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL MEMBRANES;

CECROPIN A; MAGAININ 2; MASTOPARAN; MELITTIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALPHA HELIX; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYPOTHESIS; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 69249142709     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900914g     Document Type: Review

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