Analyzing the effects of hydrophobic mismatch on transmembrane α-helices using tryptophan fluorescence spectroscopy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1063, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-116

  Caputo, Gregory A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fluorescence quenching; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Hydrophobic mismatch; Peptide design; Transmembrane helices

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 84934438684     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-583-5_5     Document Type: Article

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