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. 2021 Jul 21;9:673917. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.673917

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(A) Schematic diagram depicting a model of continuous membrane folding represents the formation of double diamond (D) and gyroid (G) cubic type, hexagonal and lamellar structures (L), and whorls (W) membrane organizations. Cubic membrane organizations have been reported to be rich in plasmalogens. (B) Transmission electron microscopy images of cubic membranes transformation of the mitochondria in amoeba Chaos cells under starvation stress condition and (C) Liposomes generated from the lipids extracted from amoeba Chaos, typically display cubic and hexagonal phase organization. (A,C) reprinted from Almsherqi et al. (2009) with permission.