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In recent times fatty acids were used not only as probes for the phospholipid bilayer structure, but also as inducers of important biological processes such as membrane fusion (1), membrane permeability changes (2), phospholipid exchange (3,4) and phospholipid vesicle size enlargement (3–7). These observations point out that fatty acids, having a higher concentration in heart and brain than in other tissues, may play an important role in regulating many biological functions. In the present work the role of fatty acids in phospholipid exchange and in vesicle size enlargement is investigated.
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Massari, S., Colonna, R. (1980). Role of a “Critical” Fatty Acid Concentration on Phospholipid Exchange and Size Enlargement of Sonicated Vesicles. In: Borsellino, A., Omodeo, P., Strom, R., Vecli, A., Wanke, E. (eds) Developments in Biophysical Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1077-8_19
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