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Bacterial Carotenoids as Membrane Reinforcers: A General Role for Polyterpenoids: Membrane Stabilization

  • Ourisson G
  • Nakatani Y
Springer US, (1989), 237-245
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0849-2_16
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Abstract

Carotenoids bearing two highly polar groupings distally placed can be incorporated into phospholipid membranes. This incorporation is structure-selective: the highest incorporation ratios are obtained when there is a good fit between the length of the hydrophobic...

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Ourisson, G., & Nakatani, Y. (1989). Bacterial Carotenoids as Membrane Reinforcers: A General Role for Polyterpenoids: Membrane Stabilization. In Carotenoids (pp. 237–245). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0849-2_16

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