Chain asymmetry alters thermotropic and barotropic properties of phospholipid bilayer membranes

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-76

  Goto, Masaki ^a   Ishida, Shunsuke ^a   Tamai, Nobutake ^a   Matsuki, Hitoshi ^a   Kaneshina, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric phospholipid; Bilayer interdigitation; Fluorescence; Lipid bilayer membrane; Phase transition; Pressure

Indexed keywords

MYRISTOYLPALMITOYLLECITHIN; MYRISTOYLPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; PARAMETER; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

2-NAPHTHYLAMINE; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIPID BILAYERS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PRESSURE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 69849111502     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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