Cholesterol induces specific spatial and orientational order in cholesterol/phospholipid membranes

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Title:	Cholesterol induces specific spatial and orientational order in cholesterol/phospholipid membranes
Author:	Martinez-Seara Monné, Hector; Rog, Tomasz; Karttunen, Mikko; Vattulainen, Ilpo; Reigada Sanz, Ramon
Other authors:	Universitat de Barcelona
Abstract:	In lipid bilayers, cholesterol facilitates the formation of the liquid-ordered phase and enables the formation of laterally ordered structures such as lipid rafts. While these domains have an important role in a variety of cellular processes, the precise atomic-level mechanisms responsible for cholesterol's specific ordering and packing capability have remained unresolved.
Subject(s):	-Colesterol -Dinàmica molecular -Membranes cel·lulars -Bicapes lipídiques -Cholesterol -Molecular dynamics -Cell membranes -Lipid bilayers
Rights:	cc-by (c) Martinez-Seara Monné, Hector et al., 2010 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es
Document type:	Article Article - Published version
Published by:	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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