Monomolecular organization of the main tetraether lipid from Thermoplasma acidophilum at the water-air interface

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-42

  Bakowsky, U ^a   Rothe, U ^a   Antonopoulos, E ^b   Martini, T ^c   Henkel, Lutz ^b   Freisleben, H J ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Gustav Embden Zentrum B   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^d Faculty of Medicine   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

AFM, atomic force microscopy; Atomic force microscopy; Bipolar tetraether lipid; Ellipsometry; HPLC, high performance liquid chromatograpy; Langmuir Blodgett films; LB film, Langmuir Blodgett film; Monomolecular lipid organization; MPLC, medium pressure liquid chromatography; TEL, tetraether lipid; Thermoplasma acidophilum; TLC, thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FILM; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; THICKNESS;

MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOLIPID ETHERS; PRESSURE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASMA;

EID: 0033973797     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(99)00131-0     Document Type: Article

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