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Phospholipid Bilayers
Phospholipids spontaneously form a bilayer in a watery environment.
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Thylakoids are a phospholipid bilayer membrane-bound compartment internal to chloroplasts. The membrane is folded repeatedly into a stack of disks called grana, similar to a stack of pancakes.
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A DPPC bilayer simulation
Color scheme: PO4 = green, N(CH3)3 = violet, water = blue, terminal CH3 = yellow, O = red, glycol C = brown, chain C = grey ...
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The plasma membrane is a phospholipid bilayer but contains no cholesterol or other steroids.
no mitosis
mostly asexual reproduction
any sexual reproduction very different from that of eukaryotes; no meiosis ...
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membrane In living organisms, a phospholipid bilayer impregnated with protein and certain other compounds; functions in partitioning of cellulose activities.
membrane selectivity See differentially permeable membrane.
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