Thomas Nyholm

19.9.2003
Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku

Membrane properties of sphingomyelins and phosphatidylcholines

Reviewers:

Docent Pentti Somerharju, University of Helsinki, Finland

Ph.D. Marja Hyvönen, Wihuri Research Institute, Finland

Opponent:

Professor Antoinette Killian, Utrecht University, Nederland

Custos:

Professor J. Peter Slotte, Dept. of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Publications:

  1. Nyholm T, Slotte JP (2001) Comparison of Triton X-100 adsorption to phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin mono- and bilayers. Langmuir 17(16): 4724-4730.
  2. Nyholm T, Nylund M, Söderholm A, Slotte JP (2003) Properties of palmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin, and dihydrosphingomyelin bilayer membranes as reported by different fluorescent reporter molecules. Biophysical Journal 84(2): 987-997.
  3. Nyholm TKM, Nylund M, Slotte JP (2003) A calorimetric study of binary mixtures of dihydrosphingomyelin and sterols, spingomyelin or phosphatidylcholine. Biophysical Journal 84(5): 3138-3146.