Membrane lipids: It's only a phase

被引:86
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Lee, AG [1 ]
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[1] Univ Southampton, Sch Biol Sci, Div Biochem & Mol Biol, Southampton SO16 7PX, Hants, England
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10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00477-2
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
All biological membranes contain lipids that prefer to adopt a non-bilayer phase. Recent results suggest that, in the thylakoid membrane, membrane proteins force all the lipids to adopt a bilayer structure, and that the non-bilayer-forming lipids in the thylakoid membrane serve to drive the formation of membrane stacks.
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页码:R377 / R380
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