Membrane localization and dynamics of Nile Red: Effect of cholesterol

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1768, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-66

  Mukherjee, Soumi ^a   Raghuraman, H ^a   Chattopadhyay, Amitabha ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Fluorescence lifetime; Membrane heterogeneity; Nile Red; Parallax method; Red edge excitation shift

Indexed keywords

9 DIETHYLAMINO 5H BENZO[A]PHENOXAZINE 5 ONE; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIFESPAN; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROENVIRONMENT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OXAZINES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 33845448903     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.07.010     Document Type: Article

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