Sphingomyelin/phosphatidylcholine/cholesterol phase diagram: Boundaries and composition of lipid rafts

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2406-2416

  De Almeida, Rodrigo F M ^a   Fedorov, Aleksandre ^a   Prieto, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0141642121     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74664-5     Document Type: Article

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