Effects of cholesterol and unsaturated DOPC lipid on chain packing of saturated gel-phase DPPC bilayers

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-139

  Mills, Thalia T ^a   Huang, Juyang ^b   Feigenson, Gerald W ^c   Nagle, John F ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain packing; Cholesterol; Lipid bilayers; Liquid ordered; Phase diagram

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WIDE ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID BILAYERS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; X-RAYS;

EID: 67650979472     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2009_02_126     Document Type: Article

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