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Molecular packing and stability in the gel phase of curved phosphatidylcholine vesicles
Author(s) -
Lichtenberg D.,
Schmidt C. F.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02535056
Subject(s) - vesicle , phosphatidylcholine , phase (matter) , chromatography , lipid vesicle , chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , crystallography , phospholipid , organic chemistry , membrane , biochemistry , engineering
The instability of small unilamellar phosphatidylcholine vesicles in the gel phase can be understood as the effect of gel phase structural parameters on the intrinsic packing asymmetry of the vesicles.