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Glycerophospholipids are ubiquitous to living organisms, forming an essential structural component of biological membranes (see Chapter 2). Much has been written about the formation and properties of naturally-occurring and non-biological membranes, or lipid bilayers, in which the major lipid component is phospholipids.
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Weete, J.D. (1980). Glycerophospholipids. In: Lipid Biochemistry of Fungi and Other Organisms. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0064-0_6
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