Unsupported planar lipid membranes formed from mycolic acids of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-277

  Langford, Kyle W ^a   Penkov, Boyan ^a   Derrington, Ian M ^a   Gundlach, Jens H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane; MspA; Mycolic acid; Nanopore; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

DNA; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; PORIN A;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NANOPORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; NANOPORES; PORINS;

EID: 78751511176     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M012013     Document Type: Article

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