Changes in the morphology of cell-size liposomes in the presence of cholesterol: Formation of neuron-like tubes and liposome networks

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1669, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-169

  Nomura, Shin Ichiro M ^a   Mizutani, Yumi ^b   Kurita, Kimio ^b   Watanabe, Akihiko ^a   Akiyoshi, Kazunari ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Giant liposome; Lipid bilayer; Neuron; Tubular network

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; LASER MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURAL TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOSOMES; NEURONS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; XANTHENES;

EID: 18944407057     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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