Phosphatidylcholine structure determines cholesterol solubility and lipid polymorphism

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-53

  Epand, Richard M ^a   Epand, Raquel F ^a   Hughes, Donald W ^b   Sayer, Brian G ^b   Borochov, Nina ^c   Bach, Diana ^d   Wachtel, Ellen ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesterol crystallite; DSC; Lipid polymorphism; MAS NMR; Phosphatidylcholine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HEATING; HYDRATION; PERIODICITY; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 17844371672     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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