Membrane lipid domains and rafts: current applications of fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy and imaging

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-77

  de Almeida, Rodrigo F M ^a   Loura, Luís M S ^b,c   Prieto, Manuel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d Centro de Quimica Fisica Molecular   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ceramide; FLIM; Fluorescence microscopy; FRET; Protein membrane interactions; Sphingomyelin cholesterol domains

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; MEMBRANE LIPID; SPHINGOLIPID;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CERAMIDES; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SPHINGOMYELINS;

EID: 58149469939     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2008.07.011     Document Type: Review

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