Ion pore formation in lipid bilayers and related energetic considerations

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1619-1634

  Ashrafuzzaman, Md ^a,b   Tuszynski, J ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Chemotherapy drug; Defects; Elastic bilayer; Electrical energy; Ion channels; Lipid charge; Lipid membrane; Mechanical energy; Membrane protein; Screened Coulomb interaction

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; AMPHOPHILE; CERAMIDE; COLICIN; GRAMICIDIN A; GRAMICIDIN S; ION CHANNEL; LIPID; MAGAININ 1; MELITTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THIOCOLCHICOSIDE; TRITON X 100;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL ENERGY; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ION TRANSPORT; IONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84860522006     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712799944996     Document Type: Article

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