Association of a fluorescent amphiphile with lipid bilayer vesicles in regions of solid-liquid-disordered phase coexistence

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1384-1394

  Pokorny, Antje ^a   Almeida, Paulo F F ^a   Vaz, Winchil L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; DESORPTION; LIPID BILAYER; LIQUID; SOLID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035118737     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76111-5     Document Type: Article

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