Fluorescence properties of Laurdan in cochleate phases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1618, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-78

  Ramani, Karthik ^a   Balasubramanian, Sathyamangalam V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ PS interaction; Cochleate; Generalized polarization; Laurdan fluorescence; Phosphatidylcholine phosphatidylserine mixture

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FLUORESCENT DYE; LAURDAN; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GEL; IONIC STRENGTH; LAMELLAR BODY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID VESICLE; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0345276637     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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