Calcium-induced aggregation of archaeal bipolar tetraether liposomes derived from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

Archaea

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-183

  Kanichay, Roby ^a   Boni, Lawrence T ^b   Cooke, Peter H ^c   Khan, Tapan K ^a   Chong, Parkson Lee Gau ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Transave Inc   (United States)

^c EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Light scattering; Membranes; Microscopy; pH; Surface potential; Temperature; Vesicle size

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 3042767615     PISSN: 14723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/603528     Document Type: Article

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