Submicron structure in L-α-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine monolayers and bilayers probed with confocal, atomic force, and near-field microscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 342-353

  Hollars, Christopher W ^a   Dunn, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031835569     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77518-6     Document Type: Article

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