Do the long fatty acid chains of sphingolipids interdigitate across the center of a bilayer of shorter chain symmetric phospholipids?

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DipalmitoylphosphatidylcholineBilayerSphingomyelinPhospholipidChemistryStearic acidLipid bilayerFatty acidSpin labelSphingolipidStereochemistryGlycosphingolipidCrystallographyBiophysicsBiochemistryMembraneOrganic chemistryBiologyPhosphatidylcholine

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Publication Info

Year: 1994
Type: article
Volume: 1189
Issue: 2
Pages: 233-241
Citations: 45
Access: Closed

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