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Hypothesis: could the signalling function of membrane microdomains involve a localized transition of lipids from liquid to solid state?

BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, it has become apparent that specialised membrane microdomains, commonly called rafts, where lipids like sphingolipids and cholesterol are arranged compactly in a liquid ordered phase are involved in cell signalling. HYPOTHESIS: The core of the hypothesis presented h...

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Autor principal: Joly, Etienne
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC324394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14731307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2121-5-3