Morphological changes induced by phospholipase C and by sphingomyelinase on large unilamellar vesicles: A cryo-transmission electron microscopy study of liposome fusion

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2630-2637

  Basáñez, Gorka ^a   Ruiz Argüello, M Begoña ^a   Alonso, Alicia ^a   Goñi, Félix M ^a   Karlsson, Göran ^b   Edwards, Katarina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEMBRANE FUSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0141861184     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78906-9     Document Type: Article

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