The effect of cholesterol on short- and long-chain monounsaturated lipid bilayers as determined by molecular dynamics simulations and X-ray scattering

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2792-2805

  Kučerka, Norbert ^a,b   Perlmutter, Jason D ^c   Pan, Jianjun ^d   Tristram Nagle, Stephanie ^d   Katsaras, John ^a,e,f   Sachs, Jonathan N ^c,g  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^f BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPOSOME; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; REPRODUCIBILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 54049156215     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.122465     Document Type: Article

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