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Homeostasis of plasma membrane viscosity in fluctuating temperatures.
The New phytologist - 1 Oct 2011
Martinière Alexandre, Shvedunova Maria, Thomson Adrian J W, Evans Nicola H, Penfield Steven, Runions John, McWatters Harriet G
Abstract excerpt
Temperature has a direct effect at the cellular level on an organism. For instance, in the case of biomembranes, cooling causes lipids to lose entropy and pack closely together. Reducing temperature should, in the absence of other factors, increase the viscosity of a lipid membrane. We have investigated the effect of temperature variation on plasma membrane (PM) viscosity. We used dispersion tracking of...
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