Liquid ordered and gel phases of lipid bilayers: Fluorescent probes reveal close fluidity but different hydration

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1217-1225

  M'Baye, Gora ^a   Mély, Yves ^a   Duportail, Guy ^a   Klymchenko, Andrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPOSOME; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GEL; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METHODOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENT DYES; GELS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PHASE TRANSITION; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES; WATER;

EID: 51049083417     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.127480     Document Type: Article

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