Condensed complexes, rafts, and the chemical activity of cholesterol in membranes.

Authors :: Radhakrishnan, Arun
Anderson, Thomas G.
Source :: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 11/07/2000, Vol. 97 Issue 23, p12422. 6p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 8 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2000
Abstract: Describes a liquid-state model for theoretical approximation of nonideal thermodynamic properties of coexisting liquid phases of cholesterol and phospholipids at the air-water interface of cell membranes. Theoretical pressure-composition phase diagrams; Role of cholesterol and phospholipids on cellular functions.

Subjects :: *CHOLESTEROL
*PHOSPHOLIPIDS
*CELL physiology
*PHYSIOLOGY
*PSYCHOLOGY

Language :: English
ISSN :: 00278424
Volume :: 97
Issue :: 23
Database :: Academic Search Index
Journal :: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 3855787
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.220418097

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