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SUBMITTER: Li C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1614476 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biophysical journal 20060818 9
We have investigated the structure of lipid bilayers containing varied molar ratios of different lipids and the antimicrobial peptides magainin and alamethicin. For this structural study, we have used x-ray reflectivity on highly aligned solid-supported multilamellar lipid membranes. The reflectivity curves have been analyzed by semi-kinematical reflectivity theory modeling the bilayer density profile rho(z). Model simulations of the reflectivity curves cover a large range of vertical momentum t ...[more]