A calorimetric study of binary mixtures of dihydrosphingomyelin and sterols, sphingomyelin, or phosphatidylcholine

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3138-3146

  Nyholm, Thomas K M ^a   Nylund, Matts ^a   Slotte, Peter ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIHYDROSPHINGOMYELIN; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LATHOSTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037961518     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)70038-1     Document Type: Article

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