phospholipid bilayer
What phospholipid bilayer means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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A stable double layer about 7 nanometres thick with proteins embedded in it, formed because the molecules arrange themselves automatically in an aqueous environment.
The structure formed by phospholipids in water that acts as the selectively permeable barrier of cell membranes.
Topics that use phospholipid bilayer
- Transport across cell membranes (AQA A-Level)
- Biological molecules (OCR A-Level)
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