Effect of hydrostatic pressure on water penetration and rotational dynamics in phospholipid-cholesterol bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1264-1277

  Bernsdorff, C ^a,b   Wolf, A ^a   Winter, R ^a   Gratton, E ^c  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0031048572     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78773-3     Document Type: Article

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