Melittin modifies bending elasticity in an unexpected way

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 185, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-108

  Pott, Tanja ^a,b   Gerbeaud, Claire ^a,b   Barbier, Nina ^a,b   Méléard, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIV RENNES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Bending elasticity; Diacylglycerophosphatidylcholine; Giant vesicles; Lysis; Melittin; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; MELITTIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; 1-STEAROYL-2-OLEOYL-SN-GLYCERO-3-PHOSPHOCHOLINE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BENDING ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GIANT UNILAMELLAR VESICLE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMIDITY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID VESICLE; LYSIS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VAPOR PRESSURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID BILAYERS; MELITTEN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84921485816     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: 18732941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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