Effects of natural and enantiomeric cholesterol on the thermotropic phase behavior and structure of egg sphingomyelin bilayer membranes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1038-1046

  Mannock, David A ^a   McIntosh, Thomas J ^b   Jiang, Xin ^c   Covey, Douglas F ^c   McElhaney, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN; STEROL;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CALORIMETRY; CELL MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EGG; ENANTIOMER; ENTHALPY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037304550     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74920-0     Document Type: Article

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