Phospholipid tubelets.

Bijaya K Mishra; Colleen C Garrett; Britt N Thomas

doi:10.1021/ja040191w

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Phospholipid tubelets.

Bijaya K Mishra·Colleen C Garrett·Britt N Thomas

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Abstract

A novel electron microscopy specimen protocol shows that the presumed phospholipid bilayer membrane ribbons that wind helically to form the cylinders known as "tubules" are actually flattened tubes. These flattened tubes are alternatively found with a helical twist about the tube's long axis or occasionally flat with no winding or twist. Flat, cylindrically wound and axially twisted segments are routinely found along a single tube's length, and at the helically wound and axially twisted segment junctions, the chiral sense of the structure often, but not always, changes chiral sense.

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Bijaya K Mishra, Colleen C Garrett, Britt N Thomas. 2005-03-30. Phospholipid tubelets.. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja040191w

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