Lipid membrane expansion and micelle formation by polymer-grafted lipids: Scaling with polymer length studied by spin-label electron spin resonance

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1372-1383

  Montesano, Giuseppina ^a   Bartucci, Rosa ^a   Belsito, Salvatore ^a   Marsh, Derek ^b   Sportelli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MICELLE; PREDICTION; SPIN LABELING; THEORY;

EID: 0035118879     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76110-3     Document Type: Article

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