Conformational study of a custom antibacterial peptide cecropin B1: implications of the lytic activity
Authors:
- A.I. ArunkumarAAA.I. Arunkumar
- W. WangWWW. Wang
- C. YuCYC. Yu
- H.M. ChenHCH.M. Chen
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology
- Vol. 1479 (1-2) , 275-285
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