Detection of the metastable rippled gel phase in hydrated phosphatidylcholine by fluorescence spectroscopy

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-166

  Vladkova, R ^a   Teuchner, K ^b   Leupold, D ^b   Koynova, R ^a   Tenchov, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANS; Lipid bilayer; Phase transition; Phospholipid; Polymorphism; Time resolved emission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

8 ANILINO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYSTAL; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISPERSION; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL; HYDRATION; LIPID BILAYER; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ANILINO NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; FLUORESCENT DYES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0034646912     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(00)00107-1     Document Type: Article

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