Structure of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine/cholesterol bilayer at low and high cholesterol concentrations: Molecular dynamics simulation

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2075-2089

  Smondyrev, Alexander M ^a   Berkowitz, Max L ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0032863720     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77049-9     Document Type: Article

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