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Science 14 January 1966:
Vol. 151. no. 3707, pp. 210 - 211
DOI: 10.1126/science.151.3707.210
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Plasma Membranes: Phospholipid and Sterol Content

L. A. E. Ashworth 1 and C. Green 1

1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, England

The molar ratios of sterol to phospholipid in plasma membranes of five different types of rat cells range from 0.24 to 1.32. The composition of the plasma membrane of a cell has no fixed relation to that of the mitochondria. Thus the structure of cellular membranes shows both tissue and functional specificity.

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