Role of non-lamellar-forming lipid in promotion of liposomal fusion

Phase Transitions

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Bhandary, Suman ^a   Basu, Ruma ^b   Manna, Smarajit ^a   Das, Sukhen ^a   Nandy, Papiya ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Jogamaya Devi College   (India)

Author keywords

Fluorescence anisotropy; Lipid polymorphism; Membrane fusion; Phase transition temperature

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; DIMYRISTOYL; DIPALMITOYL-SN-GLYCERO-3-PHOSPHOCHOLINE; FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY; FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE; FUSION PROCESS; INTERMEDIATE STAGE; MATRIX; MEMBRANE FUSION; PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; PHOSPHOCHOLINE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; SUB-CELLULAR;

ANISOTROPY; FLUORESCENCE; LIPOSOMES; MIXTURES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYMORPHISM; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 67651251041     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590902741942     Document Type: Article

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