A steroid in a lipid bilayer: Localization, orientation, and energetics

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Vijayan, Ranjit ^a,b   Biggin, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CORTISONE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LETTER; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

CORTISONE; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 55949124264     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.140087     Document Type: Article

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