(ii) Each leaflet of the cell's bilayer membranes has a different lipid composition and thus different phase behavior. Yet the separate determination of lipid compositions for each half of a ...

We are taught that plasma membranes are a typical lipid bilayer, but how do we know this ... readily in water and are hydrophobic. The basic behavior of lipids in contact with water is due ...

In this case, we found that the phase behavior for such a system is reentrant as a function of activity: phase-separated states exist in both the low- and high-activity regimes, with a homogeneous ...