Control of lipid membrane stability by cholesterol content

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2072-2080

  Raffy, Sophie ^a   Teissié, Justin ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MODULATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033061634     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77363-7     Document Type: Article

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