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
Recommended Citation
Marquardt, Drew; Geier, Barbara; and Pabst, Georg. (2015). Asymmetric lipid membranes: Towards more realistic model systems. Membranes, 5 (2), 180-196.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/chemistrybiochemistrypub/311