Evidence for the formation of microdomains in liquid crystalline large unilamellar vesicles caused by hydrophobic mismatch of the constituent phospholipids

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1753-1760

  Lehtonen, Jukka Y A ^a   Holopainen, Juha M ^a   Kinnunen, Paavo K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE;

EID: 0029863717     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79738-2     Document Type: Article

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