Light on fluorescent lipids in rafts: A lesson from model membranes

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 430, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kahya, Nicoletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Fluorescent probe; Giant unilamellar vesicle; Lipid raft; Phase partitioning

Indexed keywords

LIPID; 1,2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPOSOME; N-(7-NITROBENZ-2-OXA-1,3-DIAZOL-4-YL)PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; LIPID RAFT; MOLECULAR PROBE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYER; PHASE TRANSITION; PROCEDURES;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENT DYES; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; THERMODYNAMICS; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 77956690578     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101196     Document Type: Note

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