Bilayer edge and curvature effects on partitioning of lipids by tail length: Atomistic simulations

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2647-2657

  Wang, Hao ^a   De Joannis, Jason ^a   Jiang, Yong ^a   Gaulding, Jeffrey C ^a   Albrecht, Birgit ^a   Yin, Fuchang ^a   Khanna, Kunal ^a   Kindt, James T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIDECANOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LIPID BILAYER;

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 55549092456     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.131409     Document Type: Article

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