Biology A-Level
Permeability and factors that disrupt membranes
What Permeability and factors that disrupt membranes means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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Higher temperature, ethanol concentration and detergent concentration each increase permeability by disrupting the phospholipid bilayer and membrane proteins.
Topics that use Permeability and factors that disrupt membranes
- Biological membranes (OCR A-Level)
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