Mechanistic aspects of peptide-membrane interactions determined by optical, dielectric and piezoelectric techniques: An overview

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 543-555

  Oliveira, Maria D L ^a   Franco, Octavio L ^b   Nascimento, Jessica M ^a   de Melo, Celso P ^a   Andrade, Cesar A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Peptide lipid association; Phospholipids; Quartz crystal microbalance; Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GRAMICIDIN A; GRAMICIDIN B; GRAMICIDIN D; GRAMICIDIN S; MAGAININ 1; MELITTIN; NISIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; MOLECULAR DOCKING; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84888247576     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: 18755550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13892037113149990070     Document Type: Article

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