A molecular dynamics study of an archaeal tetraether lipid membrane: Comparison with a dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine lipid bilayer

Lipids

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1023-1030

  Nicolas, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS;

ARCHAEAL MEMBRANE; ASYMMETRICAL LIPIDS; BIPOLAR TETRAETHER LIPIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

LIPIDS;

CYCLOPENTANE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID; WATER; ETHER PHOSPHOLIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; NOMENCLATURE; THERMOPLASMA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHOLIPID ETHERS; TERMINOLOGY; THERMOPLASMA; WATER;

EID: 33644878469     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-005-1465-2     Document Type: Article

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