title: Phase behavior of lipid mixtures.
abstract: Biological membranes are two-dimensional mixtures of an enormous number of different components. Modeling cell membranes as simple bilayer mixtures reveals rich phase behavior, but how can we use the observed phase behavior to understand the real membranes?
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 201 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. gwf3@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Gerald W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Feigenson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D044367:Phase Transition; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008055:Lipids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D002784:Cholesterol; C010942:1,2-distearoyllecithin; C017251:1,2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine