Chain-length heterogeneity allows for the assembly of fatty acid vesicles in dilute solutions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1582-1590

  Budin, Itay ^a,b   Prwyes, Noam ^a   Zhang, Na ^a,c   Szostak, Jack W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HEFEI INSTITUTES OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LIPID BILAYER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CHEMISTRY; LIPID BILAYER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

FATTY ACIDS; LIPID BILAYERS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84908205563     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.067     Document Type: Article

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