Homeoviscous adaptation
ID: homeoviscous-adaptation
homeoviscous adaptation changes membrane composition in response to conditions such as growth temperature, helping preserve useful membrane dynamics. The original Escherichia coli study measured temperature-dependent fatty-acid changes and membrane-lipid viscosity by spin labeling.[ref]
Homeoviscous adaptation—a homeostatic process that regulates the viscosity of membrane lipids in Escherichia coli by Michael Sinensky. pp. 522–525, temperature-dependent composition and viscosity measurements
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