Morphology of semisolid aqueous phosphatidylcholine dispersions, a freeze fracture electron microscopy study

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-72

  Brandl, Martin ^a   Drechsler, Markus ^b   Bachmann, Dieter ^a,c   Bauer, Kurt Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Freeze fracture; Liposome; Phosphatidylcholine; Phospholipid; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; LIPID; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; FREEZE FRACTURE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0030811866     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(97)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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