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A comparison of membrane lipid content of normal and carrier-erythrocytes from cattle
1Veterinary Toxicology and Entomology Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, College Station, TX 77841.
The Italian Journal of Biochemistry
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
A comparison of the lipid content of normal and carrier-erythrocytes from cattle revealed no differences in phosphatidyl ethanolamine, sphingomyelin, phosphatidyl serine, or cholesterol. The ratio of membrane phospholipid to cholesterol and membrane-bound erythrocyte acetyl cholinesterase activity was unchanged. A microcytic tendency was observed for carrier-cells, however, this physical property of the cell cannot be related to measurable differences in lipid content of the cells.