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Science 2 April 1982:
Vol. 216. no. 4541, pp. 65 - 67
DOI: 10.1126/science.7063872
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Science, Vol 216, Issue 4541, 65-67
Copyright © 1982 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Influence of cholesterol on water penetration into bilayers

SA Simon, TJ McIntosh, and R Latorre

X-ray diffraction and capacitance measurements have been used to calculate the depth to which water penetrates in fully hydrated bacterial phosphatidylethanolamine bilayers in the presence and absence of cholesterol. The data indicate that cholesterol decreases in depth of water penetration by about 2.5 angstroms.


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