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. 2011 Jun 30;7(6):e1002116. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002116

Table 1. Lipid composition of liposomes.

Liposomes Chol PC PE SM PS PG
Bacterial (E. coli) inner membrane (BcM-like) 0 0 80 0 0 20
Mammalian plasma membrane (PM-like) 50 20 11 13 6 0
Mammalian nuclear membrane (NuM-like) 15 51 20 9 5 0
NuM-like-noPE 19 64 0 11 6 0
NuM-like+Chol 50 31 12 5 3 0
PC 0 100 0 0 0 0
Chol+PC 40 60 0 0 0 0
Chol+PC+PE 40 40 20 0 0 0
Chol+PC+SM 40 45 0 15 0 0
Chol+PC+PE+SM 40 25 20 15 0 0

The lipid compositional data are expressed as a molar percentage of the total lipid. PC, phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; SM, sphingomyelin; PS, phosphatidylserine; PG, phosphatidylglycerol; Chol, cholesterol.