Effect of urea, dimethylurea, and tetramethylurea on the phase behavior of dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 149-157

  Feng, Ying ^a   Yu, Zhi Wu ^a   Quinn, Peter J ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Hofmeister effect; Phase transition; Phospholipid; Urea derivative; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLUREA; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TETRAMETHYLUREA; UREA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIQUID; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; LIPID BILAYERS; METHYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; SOLUTIONS; UREA; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0036204462     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(01)00198-0     Document Type: Article

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