Flexible loops of thread-like micelles are formed upon interaction of l-α-dimyristoyl-phosphatidylcholine with the biosurfactant surfactin as revealed by cryo-electron tomography

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 22-27

  Boettcher, Christoph ^a   Kell, Henny ^b   Holzwarth, Josef F ^c   Vater, Joachim ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Cryo electron tomography; Mixed DMPC surfactin micelles; Surfactin

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SURFACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CELL DISRUPTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; LAMELLAR BODY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LYSIS; MICELLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOPEPTIDES; MICELLES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 77952669394     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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