‘Detergent-like’ permeabilization of anionic lipid vesicles by melittin
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'Detergent-like' permeabilization of anionic lipid vesicles by melittin.
Melittin (MLT), the 26-residue toxic peptide from the European honeybee Apis mellifera, is widely used for studying the principles of membrane permeabilization by antimicrobial and other host-defense peptides. A striking property of MLT is that its ability to permeabilize zwitterionic phospholipid vesicles is dramatically reduced upon the addition of anionic lipids. Because the mechanism of per...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0005-2736
DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(01)00382-0