Effects of ether vs. ester linkage on lipid bilayer structure and water permeability

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-44

  Guler, S Deren ^a   Ghosh, D Dipon ^a   Pan, Jianjun ^a   Mathai, John C ^b   Zeidel, Mark L ^b   Nagle, John F ^a   Tristram Nagle, Stephanie ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ether lipid; Lipid bilayers; Structure; Water permeability; X ray

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; DIHEXADECYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ESTER; ETHER; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; WATER PERMEABILITY;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ALGORITHMS; ESTERS; ETHERS; LIPID BILAYERS; PERMEABILITY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 67349098399     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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