Dynamics of membrane penetration of the fluorescent 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl (NBD) group attached to an acyl chain of phosphatidylcholine

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 822-831

  Huster, Daniel ^a   Müller, Peter ^b   Arnold, Klaus ^a   Herrmann, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 NITROBENZ 2 OXA 1,3 DIAZOL 4 YL; DITHIONITE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COVALENT BOND; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0035146733     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76061-4     Document Type: Article

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