Docosahexaenoic acid: Membrane properties of a unique fatty acid

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-27

  Stillwell, William ^a   Wassall, Stephen R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Docosahexaenoic acid; Lipid domains; Membranes

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIDOCOSAHEXAENOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ALAMETHICIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOXORUBICIN; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; GRAMICIDIN A; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOXANTRONE; OLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHODOPSIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ASCITES; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIET; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG UPTAKE; ELASTICITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTERIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; HEART DISEASE; LIVER CELL; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0142059080     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(03)00101-4     Document Type: Review

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