A Novel Soluble Peptide with pH-Responsive Membrane Insertion

Biochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 6567-6575

  Nguyen, Vanessa P ^a   Alves, Daiane S ^a   Scott, Haden L ^a   Davis, Forrest L ^a   Barrera, Francisco N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; PEPTIDES;

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOPHYSICAL STUDIES; DISEASED TISSUES; EXTRACELLULAR ENVIRONMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR PH; FIRST PRINCIPLES; HUMAN CELL LINES; SOLUBLE PEPTIDES;

MEMBRANES;

ACIDITY TRIGGERED RATIONAL MEMBRANE PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG CARRIER; MEMBRANE LIPID; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MICROPLATE READER; OLIGOMERIZATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84946401476     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00856     Document Type: Article

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