Detailed molecular dynamics simulations of model biological membranes containing cholesterol

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-96

  Berkowitz, Max L ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol lipid complex; Cholesterol lipid interaction; Computer simulations of lipid bilayer; Lipid raft; Model biological membrane; Molecular dynamics of lipid

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN;

CHOLESTEROL LIPID INTERACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID RAFT; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 58149202333     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.09.009     Document Type: Review

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