Unusual structural transition of antimicrobial VP1 peptide

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 155, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Shanmugam, Ganesh ^a   Phambu, Nsoki ^b   Polavarapu, Prasad L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

sheet; Antimicrobial; Electronic circular dichroism; Fibril; Vibrational circular dichroism; VP1 peptide

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE VP1; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 79955480834     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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