Cholesterol-phospholipid interactions, the liquid-ordered phase and lipid rafts in model and biological membranes

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 459-468

  McMullen, Todd P W ^a   Lewis, Ruthven N A H ^a   McElhaney, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol phospholipid interactions; GSL, glycosphingolipid; Liquid ordered phase and lipid rafts; Model and biological membranes; PC, phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PS, phosphatidylserine; SM, sphingomyelin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; COLLOIDS; DETERGENTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; LIPID RAFTS; LIQUID-ORDERED PHASE;

CHOLESTEROL;

CHOLESTEROL; DETERGENT; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

CELL MEMBRANE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LIQUID; LIQUID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW;

EID: 2142643656     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2004.01.007     Document Type: Review

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