Effects of docosahexaenoic acid on annular lipid fluidity of the rat bile canalicular plasma membrane

The role of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in the fluidity of the annular lipid regions and their associated membrane-bound proteins is still not as well understood as that in the global (bulk) lipid regions. We therefore studied the effects of dietary DHA on the relationship between annular and global...

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Main Authors: Michio Hashimoto, M. Shahdat Hossain, Toshio Shimada, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Yoshimi Fujii, Osamu Shido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2001-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520316072