Cholesterol organization in membranes at low concentrations: Effects of curvature stress and membrane thickness

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2122-2134

  Rukmini, R ^a   Rawat, Satinder S ^a,b   Biswas, Samares C ^a,c   Chattopadhyay, Amitabha ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 [N [(7 NITROBENZ 2 OXA 1,3 DIAZOL 4 YL)METHYL]AMINO] 27 NORCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; ERGOSTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; DIMERIZATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0034810547     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75860-2     Document Type: Article

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