Effect of water-soluble polymers on the state of aggregation, vesicle size, and phase transformations in mixtures of phosphatidylcholine and sodium cholate

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2613-2622

  Meyuhas, D ^a   Lichtenberg, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DIALYSIS; MICELLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; STEADY STATE; TURBIDITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029909624     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79453-5     Document Type: Article

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