Multilamellar vesicular clusters of phosphatidylcholine and their sensitivity to spectrin: A study by fractal analysis

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-186

  Lahiri, Tapobrata ^a   Chakrabarti, Abhijit ^b   Dasgupta, Anjan Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

DMPC, spectrin, cluster; Phospholipid vesicles; PICA

Indexed keywords

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032215138     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4030     Document Type: Article

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