Determination of component volumes of lipid bilayers from simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2237-2242

  Petrache, Horia I ^a   Feller, Scott E ^b   Nagle, John F ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID; METHYL GROUP; WATER;

ARTICLE; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0030933013     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78867-2     Document Type: Article

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