Lipid bilayer pre-transition as the beginning of the melting process

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 954-963

  Riske, Karin A ^a   Barroso, Rafael P ^a   Vequi Suplicy, Cíntia C ^a   Germano, Renato ^a   Henriques, Vera B ^a   Lamy, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DSC; ESR; Laurdan fluorescence; Monte Carlo simulations; Ripple phase; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

ANION; DIPALMYTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXCITATION; FLUID FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL; IONIC STRENGTH; LAURDAN FLUORESCENCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MELTING POINT; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PERIODICITY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GELS; LAURATES; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPIN LABELS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 65249177275     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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