Temperature and pressure effects on lateral membrane organization of model and natural membrane lipids and lipid-peptide and lipid-protein interactions [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Nagarajan Periasamy

Temperature and Pressure Effects on Lateral Membrane Organization of Model and Natural Membrane Lipids and Lipid-Peptide and Lipid-Protein Interactions DISSERTATION zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt von Nagarajan Periasamy B.Pharmacy., M.E., M.Res., aus Mohanur, India eingereicht bei der Fakultät Chemie der Technische Universität Dortmund Dortmund 2007 Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Roland Winter Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Heinz Rehage Dritter Prüfer: PD. Dr. Claus Czeslik Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 28.01.2008 Dedicated to my dear parents Acknowledgements First of all I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Dr. Roland Winter for his continuous support and guidance starting from date first. I am very much pleased to carry out my doctoral research under his supervision and thankful to him for introducing me in the field of liposome research. My special thanks to PD Dr. Claus Czeslik for his invaluable help in all the experimental part and fruitful discussions throughout this work. I thank Prof. Dr. Heinz Rehage and PD Dr. Claus Czeslik for being members of the examination committee. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Heinz Rehage and Dr. Anuj Shukla for their help and cooperation in carrying out the DLS measurements. I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Rudi F.