lipid composition

collocation in English

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lipid
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlɪp.ɪd/us
/ˈlɪp.ɪd/
a substance such as a fat, oil, or wax that dissolves in alcohol but not in water and is an important part of ...
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composition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
a piece of music that someone ...
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(Definition oflipidandcompositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thelipidcompositionof the ganglioside preparation consists of about 45-50 % (w/w) phospholipids and 15-20 % (w/w) gangliosides.
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Effect of aging on the activity of the phosphate carrier and on thelipidcompositionin rat liver mitochondria.
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Direct tests of the role of membranelipidcompositionin low-temperature-induced photoinhibition and chilling sensitivity in plants and cyanobacteria.
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Lipid vesicles as carriers for introducing materials into cultured cells: influence of vesiclelipidcompositionon mechanisms(s) of vesicle incorporation into cells.
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The present study was designed to test this by analysing the hepaticlipidcompositionof mice with experimental cysticercosis.
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It is well-known that myelin membranes are divided into subdomains with distinct protein andlipidcomposition.
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Embryos tended to adsorb less water than their whole seed counterparts, and this difference can be partially attributed tolipidcomposition.
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An alteration in outer cell membranelipidcomposition, and associated membrane fluidity changes, may therefore result from the enhanced lipid mobilization required for parasite multiplication during schizogony.
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The changes in membranelipidcompositionlead to a higher membrane fluidity, thus keeping the membrane from freezing at low temperatures.
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Recently both thelipidcompositionand protein composition of this lipoprotein were characterised in great detail.
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Some differences also exist in thelipidcompositionof the viral envelope of the two forms.
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The thylakoid membrane is quite similar inlipidcompositionto the inner envelope membrane, containing 78% galactolipids, 15.5% phospholipids and 6.5% sulfolipids in spinach chloroplasts.
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Plant chloroplast thylakoid membranes however, have "uniquelipidcomposition" as they are deficient in phospholipids.
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Both types have similarlipidcomposition(enriched in cholesterol and sphingolipids).
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The first generation of drug delivery liposomes had a simplelipidcompositionand suffered from several limitations.
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The ability of some organisms to regulate the fluidity of their cell membranes by alteringlipidcompositionis called homeoviscous adaptation.
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Based on differences in skull structure, vertebrae andlipidcompositionscientists declared the two populations as separate species in the early 1970s.
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They possess an unusuallipidcompositionand a tight and highly ordered structure of their lipoprotein membranes resembling lipid raft.
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As such, thermal acclimation entails phenotypic adjustments that are found commonly across taxa, such as changes in thelipidcompositionof cell membranes.
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Extracellular components have individual lipid compositions that reflect the origin of the bacteria forming the community.
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