Curvature properties of novel forms of phosphatidylcholine with branched acyl chains

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2909-2915

  Epand, Richard M ^a   Epand, Raquel F ^a   Decicco, Anthony ^a   Schwarz, Dieter ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branched chain phosphatidylcholines; Elastic bending modulus; Hexagonal phase; Membrane curvature; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; CYTOCHROME P450; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034072873     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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