In biology, membrane fluidity refers to the viscosity of the lipid bilayer of a cell membrane or a synthetic lipid membrane. Lipid packing can influence...

appropriate membrane fluidity at various temperatures. The membrane also contains membrane proteins, including integral proteins that span the membrane and serve...

hydrophobic tails, determine the lipid bilayer physical properties such as fluidity. Membranes in cells typically define enclosed spaces or compartments in which...

The way most cells react to the cold is by changing the fluidity of the cellular membrane, but this particular bacterium has acquired different tactics...

testosterone. The main function of cholesterol is controlling the cell membrane fluidity. Steroid – see also steroidogenesis: Steroids are one of the important...

Cholesterol molecules are also found throughout the plasma membrane and act as a buffer of membrane fluidity. The phospholipid bilayer is most permeable to small...

fluidity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fluidity may refer to: Reciprocal of viscosity Cognitive fluidity Fluid intelligence Membrane fluidity Sexual...

phospholipid bilayer gives fluidity and elasticity to the membrane. Small amounts of carbohydrates are also found in the cell membrane. The biological model...

increasingly high cell membrane content of both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, to maintain greater membrane fluidity (and functionality)...

laterally through the lipid matrix and migrate over the membrane. Sterols contribute to membrane fluidity by hindering the packing together of phospholipids...

fatty-acid chains, cholesterol increases membrane packing, which both alters membrane fluidity and maintains membrane integrity so that animal cells do not...

principal biological functions: as important components of cell membranes that alter membrane fluidity; and as signaling molecules. Examples include the lipid...

The membrane receptor TM4SF5 influences the migration of hepatic cells and hepatoma. Also, the cortical NMDA receptor influences membrane fluidity, and...

cell membranes. Laurdan shows this effect more evidently because of its polar characteristics. Laurdan was first applied to study membrane fluidity of live...

enzymes for beta oxidation and transport proteins, thereby increasing membrane fluidity. Snailfish have an elongated, tadpole-like shape. Their heads are...

of FAs chains have a profound effect on membranes' fluidity. Plant thylakoid membranes maintain high fluidity, even at relatively cold environmental temperatures...

necessary for the signal transduction. Lipid rafts influence membrane fluidity and membrane protein trafficking, thereby regulating neurotransmission and...

readily available. Expression of heat shock proteins and regulation of membrane fluidity are just two of many biochemical methods organisms use to acclimate...

regulation of cell growth and differentiation through effects on cell membrane fluidity and signal transduction.[citation needed] Four SCD isoforms, Scd1...

adaptation of the cell membrane lipid composition to keep the adequate membrane fluidity. The maintenance of proper cell membrane fluidity is of critical importance...

melting temperature of the membrane or of the fat. Cis unsaturated fatty acids, however, increase cellular membrane fluidity, whereas trans unsaturated...

signaling networks. Membrane fluidity: Flow cytometry can detect membrane fluidity by utilizing fluorescent probes that are sensitive to membrane characteristics...

abiotic stresses, like drought or salinity. When temperature drops, the membrane fluidity, RNA and DNA stability, and enzyme activity change. These, in turn...

other things, arachidonic acid helps to maintain hippocampal cell membrane fluidity. It also helps protect the brain from oxidative stress by activating...

in neurological disorders. These alterations result in changes in membrane fluidity and permeability. These processes along with the accumulation of lipid...

membrane fluidity and consequently reduce bile secretion. Bile flow was similarly reduced in rats as a result of alterations to basolateral membrane fluidity...

maintaining proper membrane fluidity and normal functions of the cell membrane. Ergosterol replaces cholesterol found in the cell membranes of mammalian cells...

increase in surface area of the red blood cell membranes or may be increased red cell membrane fluidity. Alpha-thalassemia and beta-thalassemia Hemoglobin...

bacteria as that of sterols in eukaryotes, which involves modulating membrane fluidity. Diplopterol serves as a useful biomarker for prokaryotic life, along...

lateral fluidity, high electrical resistance and self-healing in response to puncture, all of which are properties of a natural cell membrane. A few years...