| Literature DB >> 19659249 |
Maria K Ratajczak1, Eva Y Chi, Shelli L Frey, Kathleen D Cao, Laura M Luther, Ka Yee C Lee, Jaroslaw Majewski, Kristian Kjaer.
Abstract
X-ray diffraction of sphingomyelin-dihydrocholesterol (SM-DChol) monolayers revealed short-ranged ( approximately 25 A) 2D ordering. These nanoclusters show two distinct regions: below the cusp point of the phase diagram (35 mol% DChol), a constant d spacing was observed; above the cusp, the d spacing increases linearly with DChol in accordance to Vegard's law for binary alloys. The components in this lipidic alloy are thus a 65ratio35 SM-DChol entity and excess DChol. Reflectivity data further support the emergence above the cusp of an uncomplexed DChol population with greater vertical mobility.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19659249 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.028103
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161