Morphological effects of ceramide on DMPC/DHPC bicelles

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-26

  Barbosa Barros, L ^a   De La Maza, A ^a   Walther, P ^b   Estelrich, J ^c   Lopez O ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bicelles; Ceramides; Dynamic light scattering; FFEM; High pressure freezing; Model membranes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CERAMIDES; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; LIPOSOMES; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

BICELLES; DYNAMIC LIGHT-SCATTERING; DYNAMIC-LIGHT SCATTERINGS; ELONGATED STRUCTURES; FFEM; FREEZE FRACTURE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZING; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MODEL MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

CYTOLOGY;

CERAMIDE; DIHEXANOYLPHOSPHOCHOLINE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 41749102892     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.01950.x     Document Type: Article

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