Lateral pressure profiles in cholesterol-DPPC bilayers

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-88

  Patra, Michael ^a,b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Energetics; Ion channel regulation; Lipid bilayer; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LIPID ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRESSURE; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 27944504707     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-005-0011-0     Document Type: Article

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