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RECENTLY it has been shown that the cell membrane in many different types of tissue cells is a triple-layered structure ∼ 75 A. across and consisting of two dense layers ∼ 20 A. wide separated by a somewhat wider less-dense space. Robertson1 has suggested that this 75-A. unit represents one bimolecular leaflet of lipid the polar surfaces of which may be covered by non-lipid material. In view of this work it was thought interesting to report the occurrence of phospholipid-like material in close conjunction with cell membranes.
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Robertson, J. D., Biochem. Soc. Symp., 16, 3 (1959)
Stoeckenius, W., J. Biophys. and Biochem. Cytol., 5, 491 (1959).
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BARNES, B. A Dense Laminar Structure Found in Conjunction with Cell Membranes in the Anterior Pituitary Gland. Nature 184, 651–652 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184651a0
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