Investigating Hydrophilic Pores in Model Lipid Bilayers Using Molecular Simulations: Correlating Bilayer Properties with Pore-Formation Thermodynamics

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 6615-6631

  Hu, Yuan ^a   Sinha, Sudipta Kumar ^a   Patel, Sandeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREE ENERGY; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PEPTIDES; PORE SIZE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; BILAYER THICKNESS; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; PEPTIDE-LIPID SYSTEM; SURFACE TENSION EFFECTS; TRANSLOCATION PROCESS;

LIPID BILAYERS;

LIPID BILAYER;

CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84935031020     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la504049q     Document Type: Article

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