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A schematic model of the effects of cholesterol on synthetic membrane structure

A schematic model of the effects of cholesterol on synthetic membrane structure
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Description: At C:PL mode ratios at or below 0.8:1, bilayer width increases with increasing C:PL.

AtC:PL mole ratios above 0.9:1, two separate lamellar phases form, one representing a liquid crystalline lipid bilayer and another representing an immiscible cholesterol phase.

The immiscible cholesterol phase forms by phase separation as the membrane “saturates” with cholesterol.

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