A new high-temperature transition of crystalline cholesterol in mixtures with phosphatidylserine

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1511-1520

  Epand, Richard M ^a,d   Bach, Diana ^b   Epand, Raquel F ^a   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; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034864494     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75805-5     Document Type: Article

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