Molecular dynamics investigation of the structure of a fully hydrated gel-phase dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2 I, 1996, Pages 595-608

  Tu, Kechuan ^a   Tobias, Douglas J ^a   Blasie, J Kent ^a   Klein, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GELS; HYDROCARBONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030031374     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79623-6     Document Type: Article

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