The influence of bolaamphiphilic steroid dimer on the formation and structure of bilayer lipid membranes

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-118

  Kalinowski, Sławomir ^a   Łotowski, Zenon ^b   Morzycki, Jacek W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bilayer Lipid Membrane; Bolaamphiphilic Steroid Dimer; Electrocompression; Membrane Formation Process; Specific Capacitance

Indexed keywords

LIPID; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE MODEL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0034128877     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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