Measurement of the membrane dipole electric field in DMPC vesicles using vibrational shifts of P-cyanophenylalanine and molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2869-2876

  Shrestha, Rebika ^a   Cardenas, Alfredo E ^b   Elber, Ron ^a,b   Webb, Lauren J ^a,b,c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CYANIDES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MEMBRANES; PEPTIDES;

ABSORPTION ENERGIES; CIRCULAR DICHROIC SPECTROSCOPIES; DIPOLE ELECTRIC FIELDS; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; UNNATURAL AMINO ACIDS; VIBRATIONAL ABSORPTION; VIBRATIONAL SHIFT;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ALANINE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPOSOME; NITRILE; P-CYANOPHENYLALANINE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VIBRATION;

ALANINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NITRILES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES; VIBRATION;

EID: 84923334918     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511677j     Document Type: Article

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