Charge pairing of headgroups in phosphatidylcholine membranes: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1228-1240

  Pasenkiewicz Gierula, Marta ^a   Takaoka, Yuji ^b   Miyagawa, Hiroo ^b   Kitamura, Kunihiro ^b   Kusumi, Akihiro ^c  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

EID: 0033015372     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77286-3     Document Type: Article

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