| pubmed-article:3790584 | pubmed:abstractText | Time-resolved X-ray diffraction is used to demonstrate that for certain lipids low temperature alone may not be sufficient to bring about changes in mesomorphic phase state. However, when combined with slow freezing of the aqueous substrate, the fluid bilayer phase is destabilized as a result of dehydration, and thus more prone to undergoing deleterious thermotropic phase transformations. The cryobiological relevance of these results is discussed. | lld:pubmed |
