Cholesterol effects on the phosphatidylcholine bilayer polar region: A molecular simulation study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1376-1389

  Pasenkiewicz Gierula, Marta ^a   Róg, Tomasz ^a   Kitamura, Kunihiro ^b   Kusumi, Akihiro ^c,d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYL GROUP; METHYL GROUP; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0343067147     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76691-4     Document Type: Article

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