Mechanisms and consequences of cellular cholesterol exchange and transfer

BBA - Reviews on Biomembranes

Volumn 906, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 223-276

  Phillips, Michael C ^a   Johnson, William J ^a   Rothblat, George H ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; WATER;

ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; DIFFUSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; DIFFUSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WATER;

EID: 0023663531     PISSN: 03044157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(87)90013-X     Document Type: Review

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