Interaction of cholesterol and lysophosphatidylcholine in determining red cell shape

The effect of lysolecithin on the shape of human erythrocytes of varied cholesterol content was examined by scanning electron microscopy. Under the conditions of these experiments, all of the [14C]lysolecithin incubated with cells was shown to be located in the external membrane leaflet. The membran...

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Main Authors: Y Lange, J M Slayton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1982-11-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520380482