Quantification of phase transitions of lipid mixtures from bilayer to non-bilayer structures: Model, experimental validation and implication on membrane fusion

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-285

  Xu, Weiming ^b   Pincet, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydration; Lipid mixture; Short range repulsion; Transition pressure

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDRATION; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FUSION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 77049086097     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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