Enzyme-containing liposomes can endogenously produce membrane-constituting lipids

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-285

  Wick, Roger ^a   Luisi, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Giant liposomes; Giant vesicles; Microinjection; Minimal cell model; sn glycerol 3 phosphate acyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; LIPOSOME; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM;

ENZYMES; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030113108     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90107-6     Document Type: Article

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