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<biochemistry> The major structural lipid of most cellular membranes (except the chloroplast which has galactolipids). Contain phosphate, usually as a diester.
Examples include phosphatidyl phospholipids, plasmalogens and sphingomyelins.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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