Packing area of phospholipid molecule in vesicles containing a mixture of phospholipid and cholesterol

Value 50 Å^2
Organism Generic
Reference Nichols JW, Deamer DW. Net proton-hydroxyl permeability of large unilamellar liposomes measured by an acid-base titration technique. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Apr77(4):2038-42. p.2039 left columnPubMed ID6246519
Primary Source Rand RP, Luzzati V. X-ray diffraction study in water of lipids extracted from human erythrocytes: the position of cholesterol in the lipid lamellae. Biophys J. 1968 Jan8(1):125-37.PubMed ID5641398
Method (X-ray crystallography)
Entered by Uri M
ID 106106