Interctions of laurdan with membranes at high pressures
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in High Pressure Research
- Vol. 5 (1-6) , 761-763
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08957959008246251
Abstract
The fluorescence emission spectra of Laurdan in egg yolk phosphatidylcholine vesicles were measured as a function of pressure. The results suggest that the long hydrocarbon side chain stabilizes Laurdan in bilayers at high pressures.Keywords
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