Hydrophobic helical hairpins: Design and packing interactions in membrane environments

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 14361-14369

  Johnson, Rachel M ^b   Heslop, Claire L ^b   Deber, Charles M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; OLIGOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

HELIX-HELIX INTERACTION; OLIGOMERIZATION; VAN DER WAALS PACKING;

CELL MEMBRANES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAIRPIN STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ACID; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUTAMINE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICELLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 8544278024     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0492760     Document Type: Article

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