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Lipids on the frontier: a century of cell-membrane bilayers.

Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology ·Vol. 4 ·No. 5 ·2003-05-00 ·Pages 414-8

Edidin M

Abstract

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.

MeSH Terms
Animals Cell Membrane/ultrastructure Cell Membrane Permeability Diffusion Eukaryotic Cells History, 20th Century Humans Lipid Bilayers/history Membrane Lipids/history,metabolism Membrane Microdomains/chemistry,metabolism Membrane Proteins/history,metabolism Models, Biological Viscosity
Chemicals
Lipid Bilayers Membrane Lipids Membrane Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Edidin Michael
Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA. edidin@jhu.edu
Article Info
Journal
Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology
Abbr.
Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol
ISSN
1471-0072
DOI
10.1038/nrm1102
Email
edidin@jhu.edu
Published
2003-05-00
Pages
414-8
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
100962782
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1038/nrm1102 View journal details
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