A calorimetric and spectroscopic comparison of the effects of lathosterol and cholesterol on the thermotropic phase behavior and organization of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer membranes

Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 9982-9997

  Benesch, Matthew G K ^a   Mannock, David A ^a   Lewis, Ruthven N A H ^a   McElhaney, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; BILAYER MEMBRANES; CARBONYL GROUPS; COOPERATIVITY; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; DIPALMITOYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE BILAYERS; DOUBLE BOND POSITIONS; DOUBLE BONDS; DSC STUDIES; FATTY ACYL CHAINS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FTIR; GEL STATE; H-BONDING; HYDROCARBON CHAINS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE; LOW-TEMPERATURE STATE; SPECTROSCOPIC COMPARISON; SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; TEMPERATURE SHIFT; THERMOTROPIC PHASE BEHAVIOR;

ALCOHOLS; BINARY MIXTURES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; GELS; HYDROCARBONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

PHASE BEHAVIOR;

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LATHOSTEROL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTHALPY; GEL; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIPOGENESIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID BILAYERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHASE TRANSITION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 81255144020     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi200721j     Document Type: Article

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