Polarity profiles in oriented and dispersed phosphatidylcholine bilayers are different: An electron spin resonance study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2 I, 1998, Pages 910-917

  Ge, Mingtao ^a   Freed, Jack H ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIPID MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031880099     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)74014-7     Document Type: Article

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