Cholesterol crystalline polymorphism and the solubility of cholesterol in phosphatidylserine

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 866-873

  Epand, Richard M ^a,d   Bach, Diana ^b   Borochov, Nina ^c   Wachtel, Ellen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEATING; HYSTERESIS; LIPID SOLUBILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034129067     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76644-6     Document Type: Article

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