Archaebacterial bipolar tetraether lipids: Physico-chemical and membrane properties

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-265

  Chong, Parkson Lee Gau ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bipolar tetraether lipids; Liposomes; Membranes

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR TETRAETHER LIPID; CALDARCHAEOL; CALDITOGLYCEROCALDARCHAEOL; CYCLOPENTANE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPHOSPHOLIPID; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOACIDOPHILE;

ARCHAEA; CELL MEMBRANE; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77049091077     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.12.006     Document Type: Review

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