The interfacial region of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers is perturbed by fusogenic amphipaths

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3302-3310

  Lentz, Barry R ^a   Wu, Jogin R ^a   Zheng, Lianxing ^a   Převrátil, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MACROGOL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FUSION; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE;

EID: 0029754661     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79522-X     Document Type: Article

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