Ceramide-platform formation and -induced biophysical changes in a fluid phospholipid membrane

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-148

  Silva, Liana ^a   De Almeida, Rodrigo F M ^a,b   Fedorov, Alexander ^a   Matos, Antonio P A ^c,d   Prieto, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c FMDUL   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL CURRY CABRAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ceramide domains; Ceramide phosphatidylcholine phase diagram; Membrane morphology; Signaling platforms

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; OLEOYLPALMITOYLLECITHIN; PALMITOYLCERAMIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646880484     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687860500439474     Document Type: Article

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