Lipid Dynamics and Domain Formation in Model Membranes Composed of Ternary Mixtures of Unsaturated and Saturated Phosphatidylcholines and Cholesterol

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3758-3768

  Scherfeld, Dag ^a   Kahya, Nicoletta ^a,b   Schwille, Petra ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0344982102     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74791-2     Document Type: Article

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