Journal article
What determines the thickness of a biological membrane.
Abstract
Membrane thickness is thought to play a key role in protein function. Thus understanding the cell's ability to modulate the thickness of its membranes is essential in elucidating the structure/function relationship in biological membranes. We have investigated the influence of cholesterol on the structure of "thin" (diC14:1PC) and "thick" (diC22:1PC) phospholipid bilayers using oriented multibilayers and small angle neutron diffraction. Neutron …
Authors
Kucerka N; Nieh M-P; Pencer J; Sachs JN; Katsaras J
Journal
General Physiology and Biophysics, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 117–125
Publisher
AEPress, s.r.o.
Publication Date
2009
DOI
10.4149/gpb_2009_02_117
ISSN
0231-5882