Lipid-lipid recognition in fluid bilayers: Solving the cholesterol mystery

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 729-735

  Regen, Steven L ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOLIPID; LIPID; SPHINGOLIPID; SUGAR; MEMBRANE LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BILAYER MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM;

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOLIPIDS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPHINGOLIPIDS;

EID: 0036897957     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00398-8     Document Type: Review

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