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Bio-membranes
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Bio-membranes
Details the basic structure unit of bio-membranes.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
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APA | 2004
Paper Summary:
This paper details the structure of the lipid bi-layer, fluid-mosaic model of the bio membrane. The paper discusses the terms hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic, and gives examples of their workings. The paper also explains what is meant by the osmosis, diffusion, exocytosis, endocytosis and active and passive transport.From the Paper:
"The basic structural unit of virtually all bio-membranes is the phospholipid bi-layer. It is a sheet-like structure with two layers of phospholipid molecules with their polar heads facing the surrounding water and their fatty acyl chains forming a continuous hydrophobic interior. Each of the two phospholipid layers in the bi-layer is called a leaflet. The hydrophobic interaction between the fatty acyl chains of glycolipid and phospholipid molecules is the driving force keeping the leaflets..."More papers on Bio-membranes:
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Bio-membranes (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Bio-membranes/72819
MLA Citation:
"Bio-membranes" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Bio-membranes/72819>
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