The effect of the choline head group on phospholipid hydration

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 55-66

  Jendrasiak, Gordon L ^a   Smith, Ralph L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Phospholipid; Sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINE; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; ENTROPY; HYDRATION; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ABSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPHINGOMYELINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0034773175     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(01)00174-8     Document Type: Article

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