Hydrophobic/hydrophilic balance of proteins: a major determinant of cholesterol crystal formation in model bile.

Biliary proteins are speculated to play an important role in modulating nucleation of cholesterol crystals from supersaturated gallbladder bile, acting either as pro- or antinucleating agents. However, conflicting results have been obtained in attempts to isolate specifically active proteins. Our hy...

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Main Authors: H A Ahmed, M L Petroni, M Abu-Hamdiyyah, R P Jazrawi, T C Northfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1994-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752041209X