Mixing behavior of saturated short-chain phosphatidylcholines and fatty acids. Eutectic points, liquid and solid phase immiscibility, non-lamellar phases

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-61

  Koynova, Rumiana ^a   Tenchov, Boris ^a   Rapp, Gert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cubic phase; DSC, TRXRD; Lipid membrane; Mesophase; Phase diagram; Phase transition; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DILAUROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FATTY ACID; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MISCIBILITY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030779968     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(97)00043-1     Document Type: Article

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