FEBS Letters
Volume 578, Issue 1 , Pages 140-144 , 3 December 2004

Volatile anesthetic modulation of oligomerization equilibria in a hexameric model peptide

Edited by Takashi Gojobori

  • Giovanna Ghirlanda

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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  • Simon A. Hilcove

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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  • Ravindernath Pidikiti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6112, USA
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  • Jonas S. Johansson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6112, USA
    • Departments of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and the Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • James D. Lear

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and the Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • William F. DeGrado

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and the Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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  • Roderic G. Eckenhoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6112, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +1 215 349 5078

Received 4 October 2004 ,Revised 29 October 2004 ,Accepted 31 October 2004.

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PII: S0014-5793(04)01355-9

doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.087

FEBS Letters
Volume 578, Issue 1 , Pages 140-144 , 3 December 2004