| Literature DB >> 6713071 |
F Scholz, E Boroske, W Helfrich.
Abstract
Cylindrical giant vesicles prepared from egg lecithin and 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) are oriented in an external magnetic field and observed by phase contrast microscopy. The anisotropic part of the diamagnetic susceptibility of the lecithin membrane is determined from the distribution of angles between the magnetic field and the long cylinder axis due to thermal fluctuations. The anisotropy of DMPC is found to be larger by a factor of 2 than that of egg lecithin. This is attributed to the presence of unsaturated acyl chains in egg lecithin.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6713071 PMCID: PMC1434893 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(84)84196-X
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033