Solutes in small amounts provide for lipid-bilayer softness: Cholesterol, short-chain lipids, and bola lipids

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Lemmich, Jesper ^a   Hønger, Thomas ^a   Mortensen, Kell ^a   Ipsen, John Hjort ^a   Bauer, Rogert ^c   Mouritsen, Ole G ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

bola lipid; calorimetry; cholesterol; lipid bilayer; short chain lipid; small angle neutron scattering; softness; swelling

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; LIPID BILAYER;

EID: 0029855852     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050018     Document Type: Article

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