Indirect evidence for lipid-domain formation in the transition region of phospholipid bilayers by two-probe fluorescence energy transfer

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 554-560

  Pedersen, Solvejg ^a   Jørgensen, Kent ^a   Bækmark, Thomas R ^a   Mouritsen, Ole G ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0029738338     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79279-2     Document Type: Article

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