Effect of gating modifier toxins on membrane thickness: Implications for toxin effect on gramicidin and mechanosensitive channels

Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 456-471

  Chen, Rong ^a   Chung, Shin Ho ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gating modifier toxin; Lipid bilayer; Membrane; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

GRAMICIDIN; HETEROPODATOXIN 2; ION CHANNEL; MTX4 TOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG POTENTIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GRAMMOSTOLA SPATULATA; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE THICKNESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TARANTULA; THICKNESS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

CELL MEMBRANE; GRAMICIDIN; ION CHANNEL GATING; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PEPTIDES; SPIDER VENOMS;

EID: 84875274207     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins5020456     Document Type: Article

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