Cholesterol Induces Specific Spatial and Orientational Order in Cholesterol/Phospholipid Membranes

BACKGROUND: In lipid bilayers, cholesterol facilitates the formation of the liquid-ordered phase and enables the formation of laterally ordered structures such as lipid rafts. While these domains have an important role in a variety of cellular processes, the precise atomic-level mechanisms responsib...

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Autores principales: Martinez-Seara, Hector, Róg, Tomasz, Karttunen, Mikko, Vattulainen, Ilpo, Reigada, Ramon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20567600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011162

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20567600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011162

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