Use of high-pressure freeze fixation and freeze fracture electron microscopy to study the influence of the phospholipid molar ratio in the morphology and alignment of bicelles

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-41

  Barbosa Barros, L ^a   Maza, A De La ^a   Walther, P ^b   Linares, A M ^c   Feliz, M ^c   Estelrich, J ^c   López, Olga ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

31P nuclear magnetic resonance; Bicelles; Freeze fracture electron microscopy; High pressure freeze fixation; Liposomes; Membrane model

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; LIPOSOMES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

31P NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; BICELLES; DIMYRISTOYL; FREEZE FRACTURE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE FREEZE FIXATION; MEMBRANE MODELS; MOLAR RATIO; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; PHOSPHOCHOLINE;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

DIHEXANOYLPHOSPHOCHOLINE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHORUS 31; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE; FREEZING; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58449136911     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.03093.x     Document Type: Article

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