Ceramide-enriched microdomains in planar membranes

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 489-498

  Zou, Shan ^a   Johnston, Linda J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Microdomains; Monolayers; Sphingomyelinase; Supported bilayers

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; CELLULAR MEMBRANES; CERAMIDES; CO-EXISTING; FLUID PHASIS; GEL DOMAINS; IN-CELL; LATERAL PHASE SEPARATION; LIPID MONOLAYER; LIPID ORDER; MICRO-DOMAINS; PLANAR MEMBRANES; SPHINGOMYELINASE; SUPPORTED LIPID BILAYERS; SUPPORTED MEMBRANE;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANES; MONOLAYERS; PHASE SEPARATION;

AMIDES;

CERAMIDE; MEMBRANE LIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

CELL MEMBRANE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MONOLAYER; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

EID: 77957936860     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2010.06.003     Document Type: Review

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