Chemistry and physics of lipids, 167-168, 33-42 (2013-02-07)
Understanding lipid-protein interactions to enhance our knowledge of membrane architecture is a critical step in the development of novel therapeutic measures to respond to the drastic rise of drug resistant microorganisms. Escherichia coli contains a small archetypal inner membrane multidrug
Enveloped viruses acquire their membrane from the host by budding at, or wrapping by, cellular membranes. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images, however, suggested that the prototype member of the poxviridae, vaccinia virus (VACV), may create its membrane 'de novo' with
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1831(6), 1108-1112 (2013-03-05)
We have examined the polar lipids of Clostridium psychrophilum, a recently characterized psychrophilic Clostridium isolated from an Antarctic microbial mat. Lipids were extracted from cells grown near the optimal growth temperature (+5°C) and at -5°C, and analyzed by two-dimensional thin
Given the previously documented importance of lipid concentration and composition in the successful cryopreservation of gorgonian corals, these parameters were assessed in oocytes of five species of scleractinian coral; Platygyra daedalea, Echinopora gemmacea, Echinophyllia aspera, Oxypora lacera and Astreopora expansa.
Phospholipids, the major structural components of membranes, can also have functions in regulating signaling pathways in plants under biotic and abiotic stress. The effects of adding phospholipids on the activity of stress-induced calcium dependent protein kinase (CaCDPK1) from chickpea are
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