Amphipathic helical cationic antimicrobial peptides promote rapid formation of crystalline states in the presence of phosphatidylglycerol: Lipid clustering in anionic membranes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2564-2573

  Epand, Raquel F ^a   Maloy, Lee ^b   Ramamoorthy, Ayyalusamy ^c   Epand, Richard M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Genaera Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77952362863     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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