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In eukaryotic membranes refers to stearic, palmitic and myristic acids, that are linear aliphatic chains with no double bonds. Prokaryotes have numerous branched chain saturated fatty acids.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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