title: X-ray diffraction studies of lipid phase transitions in hydrated mixtures of cholesterol and diacylphosphatidylcholines and their relevance to the structure of biological membranes.
abstract: Previous X-ray diffraction data on the effects of temperature on hydrated cholesterol/dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine mixtures have been confirmed and equivalent new data on cholesterol/stearolyoleoylphosphatidylcholine obtained. Molecular interpretations are discussed and related to previous studies of cholesterol/dioleoylphosphatidylcholine and of cholesterol-rich biological membranes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, U.K.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Finean
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis*; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000032:analysis*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis*; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D008563:Membrane Lipids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D002784:Cholesterol; C017251:1,2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine