A comparative study of the effect of cholesterol on bicelle model membranes using X-band and Q-band EPR spectroscopy

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-104

  Ghimire, Harishchandra ^a   Inbaraj, Johnson J ^a   Lorigan, Gary A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholestane; EPR; Hyperfine splitting; Molecular Order parameter; Phospholipids; Q band; X band

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMBRANE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

CHOLESTEROL; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETICS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID ETHERS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67649467269     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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