Comparative calorimetric and spectroscopic studies of the effects of cholesterol and epicholesterol on the thermotropic phase behaviour of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer membranes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1778, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2191-2202

  Mannock, David A ^a   Lee, Maria Y T ^a   Lewis, Ruthven N A H ^a   McElhaney, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Differential scanning calorimetry; Epicholesterol; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Phosphatidylcholine; Phospholipid bilayer membranes; Sterol phospholipid interactions; Thermotropic phase behaviour

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; EPICHOLESTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID BILAYER; MISCIBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 52049103819     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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