The pretransition of dipalmitoyllecithin bilayers as probed by the fluorescent pyrrolopyrimidine, U-104067

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-133

  Epps, Dennis E ^a   Wilson, Cindy L ^a   Vosters, Anne F ^a   Kézdy, Ferenc J ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilayers; Fluorophore; Hydrophobicity; U 104067

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FATTY ACID ESTER; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PYRROLOPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANISOTROPY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MISCIBILITY; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLAMIDES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PYRIMIDINES; PYRROLIDINES; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030917318     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(97)02661-3     Document Type: Article

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