Cholesteryl myristate conformation in liquid crystalline mesophases determined by neutron scattering.
Burks C, Engelman D. Cholesteryl myristate conformation in liquid crystalline mesophases determined by neutron scattering. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1981, 78: 6863-6867. PMID: 6947261, PMCID: PMC349152, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.11.6863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLiquid crystalline mesophasesTerminal methyl groupSpecific molecular modelsCrystalline mesophasesEster moleculesConformational rangeCholesterol moietyPure phaseCholesteryl ester moleculesExtended conformationMethyl groupNeutron scatteringMolecular modelConformationIsotropic phaseThree-carbonMoleculesPersistence of atherosclerosisEstersCholesteryl myristateMesophasesMoiety