Interactions of cholesterol with lipid bilayers: The preferred configuration and fluctuations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 643-658

  Kessel, Amit ^a   Ben Tal, Nir ^a   May, Sylvio ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELASTICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION;

EID: 0034902235     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75729-3     Document Type: Article

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