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Changes in the lipid bilayer and glycocalyx of the erythrocyte plasma membrane are studied by the method of spin labels in dehydrated rats. No appreciable chantes are found in the membrane of erythrocytes from rats deprived of water for 3 days. Changes occur in the glycocalyx after a 6-day dehydration, while a 12-day dehydration induces irreversible changes in the plasma membrane lipids and the erythrocyte surface areas.
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Translated fromByulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 122, No. 10, pp. 402–404, October, 1996
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Maksina, A.G., Tikhomirov, A.N. & Dainyak, B.A. Structural changes in the erythrocyte plasma membrane in dehydration. Bull Exp Biol Med 122, 1001–1003 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447019
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447019