Detecting ordered domain formation (lipid rafts) in model membranes using tempo

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 398, Issue , 2007, Pages 29-40

  Bakht, Omar ^a   London, Erwin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Diphenylhexatriene; Fluorescence quenching; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Lipid microdomains; Lipid rafts; Nitroxides; Spin labels

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDE; TEMPO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYER; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CYCLIC N-OXIDES; FLUORESCENCE; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 38949172153     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-513-8_4     Document Type: Article

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