Crystallizing transmembrane peptides in lipidic mesophases

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Höfer, Nicole ^a,b   Aragão, David ^a,b   Caffrey, Martin ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PROCEDURES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GRAMICIDIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 77955619741     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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