Lipids on the frontier: a century of cell-membrane bilayers.
Our present picture of cell membranes as lipid bilayers is the legacy of a century's study that concentrated on the lipids and proteins of cell-surface membranes. Recent work is changing the picture and is turning the snapshot into a video.
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Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. edidin@jhu.edu
D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D004058:Diffusion; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000266:history*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000266:history* / Q000378:metabolism; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000266:history / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D014783:Viscosity
D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008565:Membrane Proteins