New evidence for gel-liquid crystalline phase coexistence in the ripple phase of phosphatidylcholines

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-133

  Rappolt, Michael ^a   Pabst, Georg ^a   Rapp, Gert ^b   Kriechbaum, Manfred ^a   Amenitsch, Heinz ^a   Krenn, Christian ^a   Bernstorff, Sigrid ^c   Laggner, Peter ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Phosphatidylcholine; Small angle X ray scattering; Sodium chloride; Temperature jump; Wide angle X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GEL; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYER; LIQUID; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0033834967     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050257     Document Type: Article

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