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Most plants respond to environmental stresses by changes in the lipid composition of their cell-membranes. Main transformations, observed in a long term period, are concerned with the phospholipid composition of membranes and the degree of unsaturation of component fatty acids (1). In the short term, some “retailoring” of lipid molecular species (intermolecular rearrangements of lipid acyl chains) can be observed (2). All these chemical changes would result in modifications of the physical state of membrane lipids.
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Mazliak, P. (1989). Membrane Response to Environmental Stresses: The Lipid Viewpoint — Introductory Overview. In: Biacs, P.A., Gruiz, K., Kremmer, T. (eds) Biological Role of Plant Lipids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1303-8_112
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