Under the influence of alcohol: The effect of ethanol and methanol on lipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1121-1135

  Patra, Michael ^a,b,f   Salonen, Emppu ^c,f   Terama, Emma ^c,f   Vattulainen, Ilpo ^c,f   Faller, Roland ^d,f   Lee, Bryan W ^d,f   Holopainen, Juha ^e,f   Karttunen, Mikko ^a,f  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; METHANOL; 1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID BILAYER; LIQUID; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROPIPETTE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROSTATICS; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIPID BILAYERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; WATER;

EID: 33645788097     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.062364     Document Type: Article

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