Phase fluctuation in phospholipid membranes revealed by Laurdan fluorescence

1990/06/01 by Tiziana Parasassi, T. Parasassi, Gelsomina De Stasió +5 · 798 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · #Analytical Chemistry (journal) #Biological membrane #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Chromatography #Fluorescence #Laurdan #Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior #Membrane #Optics #Organic chemistry #Phase (matter) #Phosphatidylcholine #Phospholipid #Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis #Protein Structure and Dynamics #Vesicle

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0006-3495(90)82637-0

published in Biophysical Journal 57(6), 1179-1186 (Elsevier BV)

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