Fluorescence detection of signs of sterol superlattice formation in lipid membranes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 400, Issue , 2007, Pages 159-170

  Chong, Parkson Lee Gau ^a   Venegas, Berenice ^a   Olsher, Michelle ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Lateral organization; Liposomes; Membranes; Sterols; Superlattices

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHYLAMINE; CHOLESTEROL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LAURDAN; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIPOSOME;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; LAURATES; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, CHEMICAL;

INSECTIVORA;

EID: 36549030336     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59745-519-9:159     Document Type: Article

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