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. 2003 Dec;4(12):1117-21.
doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400032. Epub 2003 Nov 21.

The order of rafts. Conference on microdomains, lipid rafts and caveolae

Chiara Zurzolo  1 , Gerrit van Meer, Satyajit Mayor
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The order of rafts. Conference on microdomains, lipid rafts and caveolae

Chiara Zurzolo et al. EMBO Rep. 2003 Dec.

Abstract

Conference on Microdomains, Lipid Rafts and Caveolae

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Figure 1
Phase diagram depicting liquid-ordered (lo), liquid-disordered (ld) and gel (so) phases and a region of phase coexistence for a dipalmitoylphosphatidyl-choline–cholesterol membrane system. (Figure adapted from Sankaram & Thompson, 1991.)
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Mismatch of hydrated phospholipids and the intercalation of cholesterol as a driving force for a phase separation into liquid-ordered and -disordered phases. (Figure courtesy of P. Kinnunen.)
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The EuroConference on Microdomains, Lipid Rafts and Caveolae was held in Tomar, Portugal, from 17 to 22 May 2003. This joint EURESCO Conference/EMBO workshop was organized by G. van Meer and K. Simons and was the second meeting in a series that was initiated by K. Fiedler in 2001.
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