The Biophysical Asymmetry of Mammalian Plasma Membranes
(2018) 62th Biophysical Society Meeting — Location: (United States) San Francisco, CA (17.February.2018)
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- Compositional asymmetry between the two leaflets of a membrane bilayer is a fundamental feature of eukaryotic plasma membranes. Maintaining lipid asymmetry is energetically demanding, requiring active transport of phospholipids from one leaflet to the other. [...]
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology
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Lorent, J., Malmberg, E., & Levental, I. (2018). The Biophysical Asymmetry of Mammalian Plasma Membranes. Biophysical Journal, 114(3), 550a-551a. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.3007 (Original work published 2018)