Effects of urea and trimethylamine N-oxide on fluidity of liposomes and membranes of an elasmobranch

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Bakton, Kimby N ^a   Buhr, Mary M ^a   Ballantyne, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescence polarization; Lipid; Membrane adaptation; Organic solutes

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLAMINE OXIDE; UREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ELASMOBRANCHII; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0033027774     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.2.r397     Document Type: Article

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