Cholesterol-dependent phase separation in cell-derived giant plasma-membrane vesicles

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 424, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Levental, Ilya ^a   Byfield, Fitzroy J ^b   Chowdhury, Pramit ^b   Gai, Feng ^b   Baumgart, Tobias ^b   Janmey, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant plasma membrane vesicle (GPMV); Lipid raft; Liquid ordered

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; CHOLESTEROL LEVELS; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; DIFFUSIVITIES; DOMAIN FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; IN-CELL; IN-PHASE; LIPID PHASE; LIPID RAFT; LIPID SYSTEMS; LIQUID-ORDERED PHASE; LIVE CELL; MEMBRANE VESICLES; MODEL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PLASMA MEMBRANES; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CELL MEMBRANES; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; PHASE MODULATION; PLASMA STABILITY; PLASMAS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID RAFT; LIPID VESICLE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 70450173690     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20091283     Document Type: Article

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