Sphingolipid organization in biomembranes: What physical studies of model membranes reveal

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Brown, Rhoderick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caveolar lipid; Lipid solubilization via detergent; Sphingolipid cholesterol raft

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE LIPID; SPHINGOLIPID;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID BILAYERS; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 0031965054     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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