Stability of liposomes prepared from archaeobacterial lipids and phosphatidylcholine mixtures

Cells and Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 143-155

  Sprott, G D ^a   Dicaire, C J ^a   Fleming, L P ^a   Patel, G B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeobacteria; Archaeosomes; Autoclaving; Bile salts; Egg phosphatidylcholine; Phospholipase; Serum; Stability

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; LIPID; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030320274     PISSN: 10516794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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