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The internal elastic mode of a bilayer and its effect on channel-forming peptides are discussed. We explain the effect of bilayer thickness on the gramicidin channel lifetime and discuss a new phase-transition-like phenomenon of alamethicin in bilayers.
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Huang, H.W. (1992). Bilayer Elasticity and Its Effects on Channel-Forming Peptides. In: Lipowsky, R., Richter, D., Kremer, K. (eds) The Structure and Conformation of Amphiphilic Membranes. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 66. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84763-9_14
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