Number of lipid species for a single cell

Range >1,000 lipid species/cell
Organism Unspecified
Reference Carvalho M, Sampaio JL, Palm W, Brankatschk M, Eaton S, Shevchenko A. Effects of diet and development on the Drosophila lipidome. Mol Syst Biol. 2012 8: 600. doi: 10.1038/msb.2012.29. p.1 left columnPubMed ID22864382
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Comments The lipidome, a full lipid complement of the cell, tissue or organism, may comprise over 1,000 lipid species for a single cell (primary sources)
Entered by Uri M
ID 108387