The structure and organization of phospholipid bilayers as revealed by infrared spectroscopy

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 9-21

  Lewis, Ruthven N A H ^a   McElhaney, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilayers; Frequencies; FTIR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032213021     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(98)00077-2     Document Type: Article

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