Water permeability and mechanical strength of polyunsaturated lipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 321-327

  Olbrich, K ^a   Rawicz, W ^b   Needham, D ^a   Evans, E ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; GEL; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID OXIDATION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; OSMOSIS; PHASE TRANSITION; STRENGTH; TEMPERATURE; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0033918516     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76294-1     Document Type: Article

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