Localized permeabilization of E. coli membranes by the antimicrobial peptide Cecropin A

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 6584-6594

  Rangarajan, Nambirajan ^a   Bakshi, Somenath ^a   Weisshaar, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CYLINDRICAL SURFACE; CYTOPLASMIC MEMBRANE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MEMBRANE DISRUPTION; MEMBRANE SURFACE; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; PEPTIDES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CECROPIN A; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 84884898860     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi400785j     Document Type: Article

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