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phospholipid bilayer

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noun

  1. a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.


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These channels facilitate water transportation across cells more rapidly than diffusion through the membrane phospholipid bilayer.

From Science Daily Dec. 21, 2023

The plasma membrane is a phospholipid bilayer embedded with proteins.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Figure 4.9 The eukaryotic plasma membrane is a phospholipid bilayer with proteins and cholesterol embedded in it.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Some of these integral proteins are collections of beta pleated sheets that form a pore or channel through the phospholipid bilayer.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Figure 3.4 Cell Membrane The cell membrane of the cell is a phospholipid bilayer containing many different molecular components, including proteins and cholesterol, some with carbohydrate groups attached.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

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