Direct determination of hydration in the interdigitated and ripple phases of dihexadecylphosphatidylcholine: Hydration of a hydrophobic cavity at the membrane/water interface

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2046-2050

  Channareddy, Sreelatha ^a   Janes, Nathan ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; HYDRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0032874463     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77045-1     Document Type: Article

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