Molecular packing in 1-hexanol-DMPC bilayers studied by molecular dynamics simulation

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-111

  Pedersen, Ulf R ^a   Peters, Günther H ^b   Westh, Peter ^a  

^a Center for Biomembrane Physics   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lipid membrane; Membrane solute interaction; Mismatch; Packing density; Volume change

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HEXANOL; LIPID;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; HEXANOLS; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 33750738546     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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