Comparative computer simulation study of cholesterol in hydrated unary and binary lipid bilayers and in an anhydrous crystal

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 8758-8769

  Plesnar, Elzbieta ^a   Subczynski, Witold K ^b   Pasenkiewicz Gierula, Marta ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROUS CRYSTALS; BILAYER DOMAIN; BILAYER THICKNESS; COMPUTER MODELS; DYNAMIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; WATER ACCESSIBILITY;

CHOLESTEROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES;

HYDRATION;

CHOLESTEROL; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BOND; LIPID BILAYER; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CHOLESTEROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; LIPID BILAYERS; WATER;

EID: 84880797401     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402839r     Document Type: Article

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