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量子力学モデルと合成トランスポーター配列からナノスコープ膜の曲率を生成するための分子基礎

Nathan W Schmidt1, Michael Lis, Kun Zhao

  • 1Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 16, 2012
PubMed
まとめ

アルギニン (Arg) は,ライシン (Lys) と異なり,リン酸群の調整により,膜の曲線を効果的に誘導する. Argと水害性グループを持つ改変されたポリマーは,調節可能な膜活性を示し,孔形成ペプチドの正確な設計が可能であることを示唆しています.

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