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Abstract
Most organisms transport or store neutral lipids as lipid bodies - lipid droplets that usually are bounded by specific proteins and (phospho)lipid. Neutral-lipid bodies vary considerably in their morphology and are associated with an extremely diverse range of proteins. However, the mechanisms by which they are generated in plants, animals and microorganisms appear to share many common features: lipid bodies probably arise from microdomains of the endoplasmic reticulum (or the plasma membrane in prokaryotes) that contain lipid-biosynthesis enzymes, and their synthesis and size appear to be controlled by specific protein components.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10203758 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(98)01349-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biochem Sci ISSN: 0968-0004 Impact factor: 13.807