Physical properties of lipid bilayer membranes: Relevance to membrane biological functions

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 613-625

  Subczynski, Witold K ^a,b   Wisniewska, Anna ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic barrier; Lipid bilayer; Lipid exchange; Lipid unsaturation; Membrane domains; Oxygen transport

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; OXYGEN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BIOPHYSICS; CAROTENOIDS; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; OXYGEN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034569695     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2000_3983     Document Type: Review

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