Cholesterol displacement from membrane phospholipids by hexadecanol

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2038-2047

  Ratajczak, Maria K ^a,b   Ko, Y T Chris ^a,b   Lange, Yvonne ^c   Steck, Theodore L ^a   Lee, Ka Yee C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRIN; HEXADECANOL; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ISOTHERM; LIPID MEMBRANE; MISCIBILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 34548734243     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.109553     Document Type: Article

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