PH Alters PEG-mediated fusion of phosphatidylethanolamine-containing vesicles

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1327-1338

  Chakraborty, Hirak ^a,b   Sengupta, Tanusree ^a,b   Lentz, Barry R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ALKANE; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; N-HEXADECANE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; PH; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALKANES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MEMBRANE FUSION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPHINGOMYELINS; THERMODYNAMICS; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84909586577     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.048     Document Type: Article

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