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. 1973 Dec;70(12):3443-4.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.12.3443.

Lipid bilayer phase transition: density measurements and theory

J F Nagle

Lipid bilayer phase transition: density measurements and theory

J F Nagle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1973 Dec.

Abstract

The overall change of density for dipalmitoyl lecithin bilayers agrees with a general order-disorder theory and yields about seven gauche rotations per molecule for the biologically relevant high-temperature phase. The shape of the curve of density against temperature is similar to the result of an exact calculation on a specific model, which gives a 3/2-order phase transition.

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