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Cholesterols are a family of lipids (lipoproteins to be precise), not just one thing molecule.
by m00x 6y ago
Cholesterols are a family of lipids (lipoproteins to be precise), not just one thing molecule.
- domnomnom 6y agoI've seen you say this a couple of times, but cholesterol in this context refers to something very specific. Essentially the ratio of cholesterol to other lipids in the cell membrane has influence on the bilayer dynamics of lipid raft formation and in this case receptor orientation.