Cholesterol favors phase separation of sphingomyelin

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 163-172

  Wolf, C ^a   Koumanov, K ^a,b   Tenchov, B ^b   Quinn, P J ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7 Dehydrocholesterol; Lipid phase; Microdomains; Smith Lemli Opitz syndrome; X Ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE MODEL; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; SPHINGOMYELINS; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0035865607     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(00)00226-X     Document Type: Article

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