Seasonal-, tidal-cycle- and microhabitat-related variation in membrane order of phospholipid vesicles from gills of the intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1587-1596

  Williams, E Eugene ^a,b   Somero, George N ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fluorescence polarization; homeoviscous adaptation; membrane fluidity; membrane order; Mytilus californianus

Indexed keywords

MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 0029785108     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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