Molecular modeling of archaebacterial bipolar tetraether lipid membranes

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-200

  Gabriel, Jerome L ^a   Lee Gau Chong, Parkson ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclopentane rings; Interaction energy; Sulfolobus acidocaldarius; Tetraether lipids; Thermoacidophiles

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTANE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOPENTANES; DIGLYCERIDES; GLYCERYL ETHERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 0343280008     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(00)00126-2     Document Type: Article

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