Sterol structure determines miscibility versus melting transitions in lipid vesicles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1760-1768

  Beattie, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Veatch, Sarah L ^a   Stottrup, Benjamin L ^a   Keller, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ALKYL GROUP; CHOLEST 4 EN 3 ONE; CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; EPICHOLESTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; HYDROXYL GROUP; LANOSTEROL; LIPID; STEROL; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID VESICLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; MISCIBILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLID; STEROL SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 24144500631     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.049635     Document Type: Article

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