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Lipid raft

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1285

Description
Researchers have learned much of what they know about membranes by constructing artificial membranes in the laboratory. In artificial membranes, different lipids separate from each other based on their physical properties, forming small islands called lipid rafts.

Appears in the NIGMS booklet Inside the Cell.

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Source
Judith Stoffer

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Judith Stoffer

 

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