Biochemistry
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ISBN: 9781305961135
Author: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 4RE
RECALL What structural features do a sphingomyelin and a phosphatidyl choline have in common? How do the structures of these two types of lipids differ?
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Ch. 8 - RECALL Proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates...Ch. 8 - RECALL What structural features do a...Ch. 8 - RECALL Draw the structure of a phosphoacylglycerol...Ch. 8 - RECALL What structural features do a sphingomyelin...Ch. 8 - RECALL You have just isolated a pure lipid that...Ch. 8 - RECALL What structural features does a...Ch. 8 - RECALL Write the structural formula for a...Ch. 8 - RECALL How does the structure of steroids differ...Ch. 8 - Prob. 9RECh. 8 - REFLECT AND APPLY Which is more hydrophilic,...
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