Physical properties of lipid bilayers from EPR spin labeling and their influence on chemical reactions in a membrane environment

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 707-718

  Subczynski, Witold K ^a   Widomska, Justyna ^b   Feix, Jimmy B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

EPR; Fluidity; Free radicals; Hydrophobicity; Lipid bilayer; Nitric oxide; Oxygen; Polarity; Spin labeling

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; NITRIC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL REACTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; SPIN LABELING;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; CHOLESTEROL; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES; METALS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 60749086735     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.11.024     Document Type: Review

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