... ) 30 12 2004 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 basal metabolic rate lifespan membrane lipid sodium pump docosahexaenoic acid According to geometry, as objects of the same shape increase in size, their surface area will increase in proportion to the 2/3 power...

...Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia; Richard J. Schimmel ABSTRACT When human platelets are stimulated with collagen or thrombin, the asymmetric distribution of membrane lipids is disrupted as phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylethanolamine translocate from the inner monolayer to the outer monolayer...