Separation of Liquid Phases in Giant Vesicles of Ternary Mixtures of Phospholipids and Cholesterol

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3074-3083

  Veatch, Sarah L ^a   Keller, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID VESICLE; LIQUID; MELTING POINT; MISCIBILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0242385346     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74726-2     Document Type: Article

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