Cationic amphiphiles and the solubilization of cholesterol crystallites in membrane bilayers

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1778, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 844-853

  Benatti, Carlos R ^a   Lamy, M Teresa ^a   Epand, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cationic amphiphiles; Cholesterol; DC chol; DOTAP; DSC; Spin labels

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIOLEOYL 3 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPROPANE; 2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; 3BETA [N (N',N' DIMETHYLAMINOETHANE)CARBAMOYL]CHOLESTEROL; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; AMPHOLYTE; AMPHOPHILE; ANION; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOSERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; ENTHALPY; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHOLESTEROL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; LIPID BILAYERS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 40949148131     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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