Title:	Phase behaviour of lipid–cholesterol membranes
Authors:	Karmakar, Sanat Sarangi, B.R. Raghunathan, V.A.
Keywords:	Liquid crystals X-ray scattering Phase transitions
Issue Date:	30-Jun-2006
Publisher:	Elsevier B. V.
Citation:	Solid State Communications, 2006, Vol.139, p630-634
Abstract:	The proposed existence of cholesterol-rich lipid rafts in eucaryotic plasma membranes has led to a large number of studies on the influence of cholesterol on the structure and phase behaviour of model membranes. In this article we first give a brief overview of the phase behaviour of membranes made up of binary and ternary lipid–cholesterol mixtures determined from these experiments, and then present the results of our recent x-ray diffraction and fluorescence microscopy studies on these systems. Our observations suggest a possible resolution of the reported discrepancy in the phase behaviour of these systems obtained using different experimental techniques.
Description:	This item consists of 2 files: Author's postprint version (Open Access) and Published version (Restricted Access)
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1478
ISSN:	0038-1098
Alternative Location:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2006.05.045
Copyright:	(2005) Elsevier B.V.
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (SCM)

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