Short-range interactions between lipid bilayers measured by X-ray diffraction.
Interactions between lipid bilayers are critical in many biological processes in which membrane surfaces come close together. Recent X-ray diffraction analyses of bilayers subjected to known osmotic pressures have provided critical information on the magnitude of both the repulsive and the attractive forces that exist between phospholipid and glycolipid membranes.
McIntosh
T J
TJ
Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. t.mcintosh@cellbio.duke.edu
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods
D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008563:Membrane Lipids