Fluorescence-quenching study of percolation and compartmentalization in two-phase lipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 892-897

  Piknová, Barbora ^a   Marsh, Derek ^b   Thompson, Thomas E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029738420     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79291-3     Document Type: Article

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