Melittin creates transient pores in a lipid bilayer: Results from computer simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 5031-5042

  Santo, Kolattukudy P ^a   Irudayam, Sheeba J ^a   Berkowitz, Max L ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

BILAYER SURFACE; COARSE-GRAINED; DIPALMITOYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PRESENCE OF WATER; SCALE TRANSFORMATION; TIME INTERVAL; TRANSMEMBRANES;

PEPTIDES;

EID: 84877033658     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312328n     Document Type: Article

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