Role of cholesterol in the structural order of lens membrane lipids

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Borchman, Douglas ^a   Cenedella, Richard J ^b   Lamba, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cortex; Fluidity; FTIR; Lens; Lipids; Membrane; Nucleus; Phospholipids; Spectroscopy; Structure

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL; HEAT; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0029921307     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0023     Document Type: Article

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