Lipid lateral diffusion and membrane organization
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Lipids and Membrane Lateral Organization
Shortly after the elucidation of the very basic structure and properties of cellular membranes, it became evident that cellular membranes are highly organized structures with multiple and multi-dimensional levels of order. Very early observations suggested that the lipid components of biological membranes might be active players in the creation of these levels of order. In the late 1980s, sever...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: FEBS Letters
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0014-5793
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81774-0