Effects of Cholesterol on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Passive Transport of Water through Lipid Membranes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 29, 2015, Pages 9391-9400

  Issack, Bilkiss B ^a,b   Peslherbe, Gilles H ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b University Saint Boniface   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; FREE ENERGY; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PERMEATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHOLESTEROL CONTENT; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DIFFUSION OF WATER; HYDROPHOBIC REGIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PERMEATION OF WATERS; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS;

CHOLESTEROL;

CARBON; CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID BILAYER; WATER;

CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PERMEABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; CARBON; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PERMEABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 84938125049     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510497r     Document Type: Article

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