Cholesterol Crystal Nucleation from Enzymatically Modified Low-Density Lipoproteins: Combined Effect of Sphingomyelinase and Cholesterol Esterase

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1685-1693

  Guarino, Andrew J ^a   Tulenko, Thomas N ^b   Wrenn, Steven P ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE AGGREGATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; DEHYDROERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; LIPOSOME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DANSYL COMPOUNDS; DRUG SYNERGISM; ERGOSTEROL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

EID: 1042276704     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi035747r     Document Type: Article

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