Direct observation of domains in wet lipid bilayers.
Domain structure and phase separation in hydrated lipid bilayers have been imaged directly by selected reflection dark-field electron microscopy. Domains in multicomponent bilayers are much smaller than those in single component bilayers, in agreement with results obtained by selected area electron diffraction.
D002784:Cholesterol; D007848:Laurates; D008055:Lipids; D008566:Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010168:Palmitates; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines
D007848:Laurates; D008055:Lipids; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010168:Palmitates; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D002784:Cholesterol