Ceramide acyl chain length markedly influences miscibility with palmitoyl sphingomyelin in bilayer membranes

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1117-1128

  Westerlund, Bodil ^a   Grandell, Pia Maria ^a   Isaksson, Y Jenny E ^a   Slotte, J Peter ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry; Melting temperature; Membrane structure; Molecular structure

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; PALMITOYLSPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; LIPID BILAYER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CERAMIDES; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SPHINGOMYELINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955655196     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0562-6     Document Type: Article

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