Local anesthetic tetracaine induces the interdigitation of lipid bilayers

International Congress Series

Volumn 1283, Issue , 2005, Pages 320-321

  Kaneshina, Shoji ^a   Matsuki, Hitoshi ^a   Hata, Takashi ^b   Okuno, Hiroko ^a   Kusube, Masataka ^a   Tamai, Nobutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KOCHI NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interdigitation; Lipid bilayer; Local anesthetic; Membrane; Tetracaine

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646438253     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.07.025     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Hata T., Matsuki H., and Kaneshina S. Effect of local anesthetics on the bilayer membrane of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine: interdigitation of lipid bilayer and vesicle-micelle transition. Biophys. Chemist. 87 (2000) 25-36