Influence of cholesterol and ergosterol on membrane dynamics: a fluorescence approach.

@article{Arora2004InfluenceOC,
  title={Influence of cholesterol and ergosterol on membrane dynamics: a fluorescence approach.},
  author={Ajuna Arora and Hariharasundaram Raghuraman and Amitabha Chattopadhyay},
  journal={Biochemical and biophysical research communications},
  year={2004},
  volume={318 4},
  pages={
          920-6
        }
}

• Ajuna Arora, Hariharasundaram Raghuraman, Amitabha Chattopadhyay
• Published in
  Biochemical and biophysical…
  2004
• DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.04.118

Sterols are essential membrane components of eukaryotic cells and are important for membrane organization and function. Cholesterol is the most representative sterol present in higher eukaryotes. It is often found distributed non-randomly in domains or pools in biological and model membranes. Cholesterol-rich functional microdomains (lipid rafts) are often implicated in cell signaling and membrane traffic. Interestingly, lipid rafts have also recently been isolated from organisms such as yeast… CONTINUE READING

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