Intercalation of organic compounds in lipid bilayers
Book
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OSTI ID:225271
- Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
Using neutron diffraction the authors studied the incorporation of small hydrophobic compounds into bilayers consisting of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and cholesterol. They were found to be localized in a narrow band at the center of the hydrocarbon region, between the two halves of the bilayer. The structures formed by introduction of the compounds are therefore intercalated structures with the long axis of the intercalated molecules lying in the plane of the bilayer. The authors worked with several bilayers which differed by the length of the hydrocarbon chain of the PC. The quality of the localization depended on the presence of cholesterol, the water content and the PC chain length.
- OSTI ID:
- 225271
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941144--; ISBN 1-55899-278-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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