An electron paramagnetic resonance method for measuring the affinity of a spin-labeled analog of cholesterol for phospholipids

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 689-696

  Williams, Justin A ^a   Wassall, Cynthia D ^a   Kemple, Marvin D ^a   Wassall, Stephen R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cyclodextrin; Large unilamellar vesicle; Partition coefficient; Spin labeled cholestane; Unsaturated lipid

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRIN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENVIRONMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPIN LABELING;

CYCLIC N-OXIDES; CYCLODEXTRINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; SPIN LABELS; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84890431521     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-013-9586-z     Document Type: Article

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