The dynamic properties of biological membranes
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- 6 November 1975
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences
- Vol. 272 (915) , 159-171
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1975.0078
Abstract
Biological membranes must be viewed as highly dynamic, undergoing continuous structural fluctuations and changes in response to external perturbations. The study of liposomes by 31 P n.m.r. and fluorescence can reveal some of the motional characteristics of the different regions in a bilayer. Asymmetric lipid distribution and how this depends on the environment is also observed by n.m.r. The nature of the interaction of amine anaesthetics and of polypeptide antibiotics with membranes is discussed in relation to their perturbing effect. The role of lipid mobility in modulating hormone-receptor interaction is discussed with reference to the binding of thyroid stimulating hormone.Keywords
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