A one-dimensional continuum elastic model for membrane-embedded gramicidin dimer dissociation.

Membrane elastic properties, which are subject to alteration by compounds such as cholesterol, lipid metabolites and other amphiphiles, as well as pharmaceuticals, can have important effects on membrane proteins. A useful tool for measuring some of these effects is the gramicidin A channels, which a...

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Main Authors: Joseph N Stember, Olaf Andersen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3033891?pdf=render