The effect of compatible solute ectoines on the structural organization of lipid monolayer and bilayer membranes

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 150, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 37-46

  Harishchandra, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Wulff, Stephanie ^a   Lentzen, Georg ^b   Neuhaus, Thorsten ^b   Galla, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b BITOP AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Differential scanning calorimetry; Domain structures; Langmuir film balance; Lipid monolayers; Lipid vesicles

Indexed keywords

ECTOINE; HETEROCYCLIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROXYECTOINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; DIAMINO ACID; LIPID; LIPID BILAYER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDRATION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MONOLAYER; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION; CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77953689109     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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