Effect of cholesterol on molecular order and dynamics in highly polyunsaturated phospholipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 896-908

  Mitchell, Drake C ^a   Litman, Burton J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,6 DIPHENYL 1,3,5 HEXATRIENE; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; LIPID BILAYER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER;

LORENTZIA;

EID: 0031872002     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77578-2     Document Type: Article

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