Search for the Most ‘primitive’ Membranes and Their Reinforcers: A Review of the Polyprenyl Phosphates Theory

Terpenoids have an essential function in present-day cellular membranes, either as membrane reinforcers in Eucarya and Bacteria or as principal membrane constituents in Archaea. We have shown that some terpenoids, such as cholesterol and α, ω-dipolar carotenoids reinforce lipid membranes by measurin...

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Autores principales: Nakatani, Yoichi, Ribeiro, Nigel, Streiff, Stéphane, Gotoh, Mari, Pozzi, Gianluca, Désaubry, Laurent, Milon, Alain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2014
Materias:
Astrobiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25351682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11084-014-9365-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4669544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25351682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11084-014-9365-6

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