... significantlydecreases both the binding affinity and the blue shift,probably due to an increased rigidity of the unsaturatedphospholipid acyl chains in the cholesterol-containingvesicles. In spite ... investigated the fluorescenceproperties of the W48 and W56 residues, either in combi-nation in the WT-penetratin, or separately in the W48F-and the W56F-penetratin single variants, and the effect of incorporating ... Dathe, M., Schumann, M., Krause, E., Beyer-mann, M. & Bienert, M. (1996) Conformational and functional study of magainin 2 in model membrane environments using the new approach of systematic...