Open AccessIn Plant and Animal Cells, Detergent-Resistant Membranes Do Not Define Functional Membrane Rafts
Author(s) -
Widmar Tanner,
J Malínský,
Miroslava Opekarová
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.111.086249
Subject(s) - lipid raft , membrane , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , raft , membrane protein , biophysics , biochemistry , chemistry , copolymer , polymer , organic chemistry
Membrane rafts or lipid rafts were first postulated to explain the difference in plasma membrane organization of polarized epithelial cells and differential targeting of lipids and proteins to their apical and baso-lateral sides ([Simons and van Meer, 1988][1]; [Brown and Rose, 1992][2]). Rafts,
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