Properties of membranes derived from the total lipids extracted from clear and cataractous lenses of 61–70-year-old human donors

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 91-102

  Mainali, Laxman ^a   Raguz, Marija ^a,b   O’Brien, William J ^a   Subczynski, Witold K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesterol crystals; Hydrophobic barrier; Membrane domains; Oxygen permeation; Spin labeling

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; LIPID BILAYER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID MEMBRANE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; LENS CORTEX; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CATARACT; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LIPID BILAYERS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 84925539170     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: 14321017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-014-1004-7     Document Type: Article

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