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Abstract
Thermodynamic considerations show that the adsorption of nonpolar molecules into lipid bilayer membranes should depend upon the curvature of the membranes. Estimations of the differences in adsorption of a small n-alkane between a planar phospholipid bilayer and liposomal vesicles have been attempted. For spherical multilamellar liposomes exposed to saturated solutions of alkane in water the adsorption is calculated to be 17-65% of the value for the planar bilayer, depending on the assumptions in the model.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7260261 PMCID: PMC1328717 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(80)85081-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033