Ordering effects of cholesterol and its analogues

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-121

  Róg, Tomasz ^a   Pasenkiewicz Gierula, Marta ^b   Vattulainen, Ilpo ^a,c,d   Karttunen, Mikko ^e  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lipid bilayer; Lipid raft; Molecular dynamics simulation; Sphingolipid; Sterol; Unsaturated lipid

Indexed keywords

2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL SULFATE; DCHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ERGOSTEROL; KETOSTERONE; LANOSTEROL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL GROUP; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOLIPID; STEAROYLSPHINGOMYELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME MODIFICATION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID RAFT; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 58149204263     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.08.022     Document Type: Review

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