Evidence for the Lack of a Specific Interaction between Cholesterol and Sphingomyelin

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1510-1520

  Holopainen, Juha M ^a,b   Metso, Antti J ^a   Mattila, Juha Pekka ^a   Jutila, Arimatti ^a   Kinnunen, Paavo K J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 PALMITOYL 2 [10 (PYREN 1 YL)]DECANOYLGLYCERO 3 PHOSPHOCHOLINE; 1,2 DINERVONOYLGLYCERO 2 PHOSPHOCHOLINE; 22 [N (7 NITROBENZ 2 OXA 1,3 DIAZOL 4 YL)AMINO] 23,24 BISNOR 5 CHOLEN 3BETA OL; 5,6 DIBROMOCHOLESTAN 3BETA 1 OL; BROMINE; CHOLESTEROL; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; IODINE; LIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; N [10 (1 PYRENYL)DECANOYL]SPHINGOMYELIN; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE VESICLE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1542375303     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74219-8     Document Type: Article

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