Interactions of N-stearoyl sphingomyelin with cholesterol and dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine in bilayer membranes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2256-2265

  Maulik, P R ^a   Shipley, G G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; LIPID BILAYER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0029881491     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79791-6     Document Type: Article

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