Role of sterol type on lateral pressure profiles of lipid membranes affecting membrane protein functionality: Comparison between cholesterol, desmosterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol and ketosterol

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 311-323

  Samuli Ollila, O H ^a,b   Róg, Tomasz ^c,d   Karttunen, Mikko ^e   Vattulainen, Ilpo ^a,b,f  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lateral pressure profile; Lipid membrane; Lipid raft; Molecular dynamics simulation; Sterol

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447639568     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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