Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-6-2015

Publication Title

Membranes

Volume

5

Issue

2

First Page

180

Keywords

Asymmetry, Model membranes, Phospholipids, Vesicles

Last Page

196

Abstract

Despite the ubiquity of transbilayer asymmetry in natural cell membranes, the vast majority of existing research has utilized chemically well-defined symmetric liposomes, where the inner and outer bilayer leaflets have the same composition. Here, we review various aspects of asymmetry in nature and in model systems in anticipation for the next phase of model membrane studies.

DOI

10.3390/membranes5020180

E-ISSN

20770375

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