Dehydroergosterol as an analogue for cholesterol: Why it mimics cholesterol so well-or does it?

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 7345-7357

  Pourmousa, Mohsen ^a   Róg, Tomasz ^a   Mikkeli, Risto ^b   Vattulainen, Llpo ^a,c   Solanko, Lukasz M ^c   Wüstner, Daniel ^c   List, Nanna Holmgaard ^c   Kongsted, Jacob ^c   Karttunen, Mikko ^d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DEHYDROERGOSTEROL; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; LATERAL PRESSURES; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; STRUCTURAL MEMBRANES; STRUCTURE COMPUTATION; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHOLESTEROL;

1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CHOLESTEROL; DEHYDROERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; LIPID BILAYER; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; WATER;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

CHOLESTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES; WATER;

EID: 84903767224     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406883k     Document Type: Article

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