1994 Volume 34 Issue 3 Pages 109-116
Spherical multilamellar vesicles of dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (DMPG) prepared in the presence of NaCl up to 1M at a temperature of liquid crystalline phase was found to exist in a metastable state at a gel phase temperature. On annealing at 5°C of the gel temperature, the metastable self-assemblies of DMPG converted finally into a stable state of crystalline cylindrical vesicular structure wrapped by 8-10 bilayer lamellae. The conversion process was discussed, focusing on the area occupied by negatively charged head group of DMPG molecules related to their packing modes.