Persistence of phase coexistence in disaturated phosphatidylcholine monolayers at high surface pressures

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3134-3143

  Crane, Jonathan M ^a   Putz, Gunther ^b   Hall, Stephen B ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; LIPID MONOLAYER; PHASE TRANSITION; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032787326     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77143-2     Document Type: Article

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