Cholesterol and ergosterol superlattices in three-component liquid crystalline lipid bilayers as revealed by dehydroergosterol fluorescence

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2243-2254

  Liu, Fang ^a   Sugar, Istvan P ^b   Chong, Parkson Lee Gau ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DEHYDROERGOSTEROL; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ERGOSTEROL; LIPID; STEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYER; LIQUID CRYSTAL;

EID: 0030947939     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78868-4     Document Type: Article

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