Studies of archaebacterial bipolar tetraether liposomes by perylene fluorescence

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1390-1399

  Khan, Tapan K ^a   Chong, Parkson Lee Gau ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHER PHOSPHOLIPID; LIPOSOME; PERYLENE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHYTANIC ACID;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 0034052136     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76692-6     Document Type: Article

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