Lipid flip-flop and desorption from supported lipid bilayers is independent of curvature.

Flip-flop of lipids of the lipid bilayer (LBL) constituting the plasma membrane (PM) plays a crucial role in a myriad of events ranging from cellular signaling and regulation of cell shapes to cell homeostasis, membrane asymmetry, phagocytosis, and cell apoptosis. While extensive research has been c...

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Main Authors: Haoyuan Jing, Yanbin Wang, Parth Rakesh Desai, Kumaran S Ramamurthi, Siddhartha Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244460