Morphology, biophysical properties and protein-mediated fusion of archaeosomes.

As variance from standard phospholipids of eubacteria and eukaryotes, archaebacterial diether phospholipids contain branched alcohol chains (phytanol) linked to glycerol exclusively with ether bonds. Giant vesicles (GVs) constituted of different species of archaebacterial diether phospholipids and g...

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Main Authors: Vid Šuštar, Jasna Zelko, Patrizia Lopalco, Simona Lobasso, Ajda Ota, Nataša Poklar Ulrih, Angela Corcelli, Veronika Kralj-Iglič
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3391208?pdf=render