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Abstract
We report a new phase transition in fully hydrated dispersions of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC). This new transition, called the sub-subtransition, exhibits a transition enthalpy of 0.25 kcal/mol with a Tm at 6.8 degrees C. Unlike the subtransition, no extended low temperature incubation is required to observe the sub-subtransition. This new sub-subgel (SGII) phase may be a precursor to the subgel (SGI) phase, and this discovery is discussed in relation to the current knowledge regarding the polymorphic gel phases of both ester- and ether-linked lipids with identical acyl chains.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3676446 PMCID: PMC1330061 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(87)83260-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033