The effects of acyl chain length and saturation of diacylglycerols and phosphatidylcholines on membrane monolayer curvature

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 977-984

  Szule, Joseph A ^a   Fuller, Nola L ^a,b   Peter Rand, R ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; GLYCEROL DIDECANOATE; GLYCEROL DIOLEATE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; WATER; 1,2 OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 1,2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; SECOND MESSENGER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

BIOPHYSICS; DIGLYCERIDES; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0035997044     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75223-5     Document Type: Article

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