Pyrene as a membrane depth gauge: Wavelength selective fluorescence approach to monitor pyrene localizations in the membrane

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-131

  Mazor, Shirley ^a   Vanounou, Sharon ^a   Fishov, Itzhak ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Excimerization; Membrane; Py scale; Pyrene; Red edge effect

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PYRENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FATTY ACIDS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PYRENES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 83455211523     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: 18732941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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