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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Main Authors: Martinez-Seara, Hector, Róg, Tomasz, Karttunen, Mikko, Vattulainen, Ilpo, Reigada, Ramon
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2887443/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20567600
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011162
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