Use of fluorescence to determine the effects of cholesterol on lipid behavior in sphingomyelin liposomes and erythrocyte membranes

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1202-1215

  Stott, Brian M ^a   Vu, Mai P ^a   McLemore, Chisako O ^a   Lund, M Shaun ^b   Gibbons, Elizabeth ^a   Brueseke, Taylor J ^a   Wilson Ashworth, Heather A ^b   Bell, John D ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diphenylhexatriene; Laurdan; Merocyanine 540; Methyl cyclodextrin; Temperature; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

1,6 DIPHENYL 1,3,5 HEXATRIENE; CHOLESTEROL; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LAURDAN; LIPID; LIPOSOME; MEROCYANINE; METHYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID VESICLE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CHOLESTEROL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 48549101418     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M700479-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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