Interactions of antimicrobial peptides with lipid bilayers

Comprehensive Biophysics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 189-222

  Almeida, P F ^a   Pokorny, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

All or none release; Amphipathic peptides; Binding kinetics; Binding thermodynamics; Cell penetrating peptides; Cytolytic peptides; Efflux kinetics; Graded release; Hydrophobic moment; Hydrophobicity scales; Membrane elasticity; Peptide pore; Surface active peptides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880393882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374920-8.00515-4     Document Type: Chapter

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