Model-based approaches for the determination of lipid bilayer structure from small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering data

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 875-890

  Heberle, Frederick A ^a   Pan, Jianjun ^a   Standaert, Robert F ^a,b   Drazba, Paul ^b   Kučerka, Norbert ^c,d   Katsaras, John ^a,b,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Area per lipid; Bilayer structure; Bilayer thickness; Fluid phase; Lipid bilayer; Molecular dynamics simulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867574616     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-012-0817-5     Document Type: Review

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