BSC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: James Danielli, Lipid Bilayer, Herman Gorter

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The prominence of membrances around and within eurkaryotic cells. Membranes define the boundaries of the cell and any internal compartment. Overton and langmuir: lipids are important components of membranes. Overton observed the permeability of cells to lipid-soluble substances into cells. Langmuir determined the most probable orientation of phospholipids based on their amphipathic nature. Gorter and grendel: the basis of membrane structure is a lipid bilayer. Extracted lipids from red blood cells and spread the lipids in a monolayer on a water surface. Most favorable structure would be a lipid bilayer, with the nonpolar regions of the lipids facing inward. Based on our discussion of membrane function, which membrane component do you think is responsible for the majority of functions associated with membranes: phospholipids, cholesterol, membrane proteins, membrane carbohydrates. The bilayer alone could not account for all properties of membranes: surface tension, solute permeability, electrical resistance.

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