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Construction of a molecular model of a fragment of a lipid membrane in the gel and liquid crystalline states

D.V. Zlenko, P.M. Krasil’nikov

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2008. 63. N 6. P. 405

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A model of a lipid membrane in the liquid crystalline and gel states is constructed. The model of the membrane in the liquid crystalline state adequately reproduces the geometric parameters of the membrane, lipid packing, and the mobility parameters of molecules. The model of the membrane in the gel state of the bilayer reproduces the geometric parameters of the real membrane and lipid packing. New methods for calculation of the mobility parameters of phospholipid molecules in the plane of the bilayer are presented.

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D.V. Zlenko, P.M. Krasil’nikov
Chair of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
Issue 6, 2008

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