Hydrocarbon chain packing and the effect of ethanol on the thermotropic phase behavior of mixed-chain phosphatidylglycerols

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1417, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-110

  Durvasula, Ramesh V ^a   Huang, Ching Hsien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl chain asymmetry; Differential scanning calorimetry; Interdigitation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIPID ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; ETHANOL; HYDROCARBONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033060850     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(98)00242-9     Document Type: Article

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