Importance of the sphingoid base length for the membrane properties of ceramides

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1870-1879

  Maula, Terhi ^a   Artetxe, Ibai ^a,b   Grandell, Pia Maria ^a   Slotte, J Peter ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; PALMITOYLSPHINGOMYELIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER;

CALORIMETRY; CERAMIDES; CHOLESTEROL; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SPHINGOMYELINS;

SPHINGOIDEA;

EID: 84868526285     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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