Permeability of lipid bilayers near the phase transition

TY - CHAP

T1 - Permeability of lipid bilayers near the phase transition

AU - Mouritsen, Ole G.

AU - Jørgensen, Kent

AU - Hønger, Thomas

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - I. INTRODUCTION A. LIPID BILAYERS AS MODEL MEMBRANES A common structural motif of all biological membranes is the fluid lipid bilayer12 as illustrated in Figure 1. The lipid bilayer is the core of the membrane, and it provides the cell with an appropriate permeability barrier and hence supports a distinction between the inside and outside of the cell. Whereas the lipid bilayer provides the chemical seal of the cell incapsulation, it is other structural elements such as the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic plasma membranes which control the shape of the cell and give the total membrane aggregate the necessary mechanical strength.2 The lipid bilayer component of cell membranes contains a large number of different lipid species in addition to sterols, as well as integral and peripheral membrane proteins and polypeptides.

AB - I. INTRODUCTION A. LIPID BILAYERS AS MODEL MEMBRANES A common structural motif of all biological membranes is the fluid lipid bilayer12 as illustrated in Figure 1. The lipid bilayer is the core of the membrane, and it provides the cell with an appropriate permeability barrier and hence supports a distinction between the inside and outside of the cell. Whereas the lipid bilayer provides the chemical seal of the cell incapsulation, it is other structural elements such as the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic plasma membranes which control the shape of the cell and give the total membrane aggregate the necessary mechanical strength.2 The lipid bilayer component of cell membranes contains a large number of different lipid species in addition to sterols, as well as integral and peripheral membrane proteins and polypeptides.

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U2 - 10.1201/9780203743805

DO - 10.1201/9780203743805

M3 - Book chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85051947053

SN - 9780849345319

SP - 137

EP - 160

BT - Permeability and Stability of Lipid Bilayers

PB - CRC Press

ER -