Phase behavior of stratum corneum lipids in mixed Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1389-1399

  Ten Grotenhuis, E ^a   Demel, R A ^c   Ponec, M ^b   Boer, D R ^a,c   Van Miltenburg, J C ^a   Bouwstra, J A ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID TRANSPORT; SKIN PROTECTION; STRATUM CORNEUM; SWINE;

MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029737947     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79341-4     Document Type: Article

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