lipid bilayer
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lipid
noun[C]
uk/ˈlɪp.ɪd/us/ˈlɪp.ɪd/
a substance such as a fat, oil, or wax that dissolves in alcohol but not in water and is an important part of ...
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(Definition oflipidfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thelipidbilayermatrix of the membranes of normal cells is in a liquid crystalline (fluid) state.
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In addition, alipidbilayerpresents a barrier for diffusion of various other particles.
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Doubly-lipidmodified protein sequence motifs exhibit long-lived anchorage tolipidbilayermembranes.
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All membranous boundary structures in contemporary forms of life incorporate alipidbilayeras the primary barrier to free diffusion of solutes.
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Getting greasy : how transmembrane polypeptide segments integrate into thelipidbilayer.
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Vesicles and tubules are both liquid membranes: the former are composed of a singlelipidbilayer, whereas the latter are of many.
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A microviscosity barrier in thelipidbilayerdue to the presence of phospholipids containing unsaturated acyl chains.
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Other advances include detailed studies of the interaction between transmembrane helices and thelipidbilayer, and of helix-helix packing interactions in the membrane environment.
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The channel inserted into the planarlipidbilayerin either fashion and seemed unable to transit between modes spontaneously.
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Ionophores are molecules that increaselipidbilayerpermeability to specific inorganics ions.
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This increase in fluidity with heavily infected cells occurs predominantly at the centre of thelipidbilayer, rather than at the membrane surface.
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The undissociated form of organic acid can penetrate the cell membranelipidbilayereasily and the organic acid subsequently dissociates.
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The architecture of a water-selective pore in thelipidbilayervisualized by electron crystallography in vitreous ice.
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A mixed bacterial lawn, formed by unrelated bacteria, also becomes covered with a single film containing alipidbilayer.
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In vesicles, alipidbilayerencapsulates the soluble, hydrophilic drug molecule within the aqueous core, whereas hydrophobic drugs can be accommodated in the membrane.
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Most of the interior of a cell is water, which can diffuse freely through thelipidbilayer, but only at a limited rate.
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Profile of changes inlipidbilayerstructure caused by b-amyloid peptide.
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The protein-conducting channel in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum is open laterally toward thelipidbilayer.
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The schistosome tegument is a syncytium that surrounds the worm and is bounded externally by 2 lipid bilayers and internally by a singlelipidbilayer.
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