Lipid rafts, fluid/fluid phase separation, and their relevance to plasma membrane structure and function

X-ray diffraction studies of lipid phase

X-ray diffraction studies of lipid phase transitions in hydrated mixtures of cholesterol and diacylphosphatidylcholines and their relevance to the structure of biological membranes

✍ J.B. Finean 📂 Article 📅 1989 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 338 KB

Previous X-ray diffraction data on the effects of temperature on hydrated cholesterol/dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine mixtures have been confirmed and equivalent new data on cholesterol/stearolyoleoylphosphatidylcholine obtained. Molecular interpretations are discussed and related to previous studies