Proving Lipid Rafts Exist: Membrane Domains in the Prokaryote Borrelia burgdorferi Have the Same Properties as Eukaryotic Lipid Rafts
Figure 5
Effect of sterol substitution on the morphology of B. burgdorferi.
Representative negative-stain TEM images of untreated B. burgdorferi or B. burgdorferi incubated 5 h at 33°C after substitution with the indicated sterols. B = Attached membrane vesicles (“blebs”). F = .flagella. Bars = 500 nm.