Structure and dynamics of cholesterol-containing polyunsaturated lipid membranes studied by neutron diffraction and NMR

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Mihailescu, Mihaela ^a   Soubias, Olivier ^b   Worcester, David ^a,c   White, Stephen H ^a   Gawrisch, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Docosahexaenoic acid; Membrane; Neutron diffraction; NMR; Phosphatidylcholine; Polyunsaturation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955659632     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-010-9326-6     Document Type: Article

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