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Partitioning of liquid-ordered/liquid-disordered membrane microdomains induced by the fluidifying effect of

Maitane Ibarguren1, David J López, José A Encinar

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biomedicine, University of the Balearic Islands-Lipopharma Therapeutics, S.L., Palma, Spain.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
|June 25, 2013
PubMed

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1,1′-dioctadecyl-3,3,3′3′-tetramethylindo carbocyanine perchlorate1-oleoyl-2(12-((7-nitro-2-1,3-benzoxadioazol-4-yl)amino) dodecan oyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanola mine1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine2-hydroxy fatty acid2-hydroxy-docosahexaenoic acid2-hydroxy-stearic acid2-hydroxy-α-linolenoic acid2-hydroxy-γ-linolenic acid2-hydroxyarachidonic acid2-hydroxyeicosapentaenoic acid2-hydroxylinoleic acid2-hydroxyoleic acid2OHARA2OHDHA2OHEPA2OHFA2OHLA2OHOA2OHSA2OHαLNA2OHγLnAARAChoDHADMSODRMDiIEPAFatty acidGM1GUVHSPLALUVLdLipid raftLoMLVMembrane Lipid TherapyMembrane fluidityMembrane lipidsMembrane structureNBD-PEOAPEPOPCSASMarachidonic acidcholesteroldetergent resistance membranedimethyl sulfoxidedocosahexaenoic acideicosapentaenoic acidgiant unilamellar vesicleheat shock proteinlarge unilamellar vesicleslinoleic acidliquid-disorderedliquid-orderedmonosialotetrahexosyl gangliosidemultilamellar vesiclesoleic acidphosphatidylethanolaminesphingomyelinstearic acidα-linolenic acidαLnAγ-linolenic acidγLnA

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