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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of the Phospholipid Bilayer Membrane

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Membrane Spectroscopy

Part of the book series: Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Biophysics ((MOLECULAR,volume 31))

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The cell membrane has been the focus of much recent biochemical and biophysical research, primarily because of its role in cellular phenomena. Numerous efforts have been directed toward determining the motional state of the lipid components of the membrane, the motivation being the contention that the lipid bilayer is the basic matrix in which membrane proteins are embedded to form the biological membrane. As such, it is likely that such diverse phenomena as maintenance of ionic gradients and transmembrane potentials, activities of membrane-bound enzymes, interactions between membrane proteins, transmembrane signal transmission, intercellular communication, and manifestations of cellular development and cell transformation all depend on the structure and fluidity of the lipid bilayer.

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Chan, S.I., Bocian, D.F., Petersen, N.O. (1981). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of the Phospholipid Bilayer Membrane. In: Grell, E. (eds) Membrane Spectroscopy. Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol 31. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81537-9_1

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