Role of the position of unsaturation on the phase behavior and intrinsic curvature of phosphatidylethanolamines

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1806-1810

  Epand, R M ^a   Fuller, N ^b   Rand, R P ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHASE TRANSITION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029792682     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79381-5     Document Type: Article

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