Detergent solubilization of lipid bilayers: A balance of driving forces

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-93

  Lichtenberg, Dov ^a   Ahyayauch, Hasna ^b   Alonso, Alicia ^b   Goñi, Félix M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

Bilayers; Cholesterol; Detergent(s); Liposomes; Mixed micelles; Phospholipids; Solubilization; Spontaneous curvature

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MONOLAYER; MICELLE; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SOLUBILIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

DETERGENTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MICELLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OCTOXYNOL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84872804469     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2012.11.005     Document Type: Review

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