(A) The plasma membrane of a cell is a bilayer of glycerophospholipid molecules ... The hydrophilic head is composed of a choline structure (blue) and a phosphate (orange).

We are taught that plasma membranes are a typical lipid bilayer, but how do we know this, and who figured it out? Aa Aa Aa Most books mention that membranes have a typical "lipid bilayer," but why ...

Assembly and budding of a virus from a membrane microdomain. Viruses have an outer protein shell called a capsid which surrounds the viral nucleic acid. Enveloped viruses, such as HIV, have an ...

These processes govern cell metabolism ... make up the so-called “Nanodisc,” a synthetic phospholipid bilayer membrane structure. After the detergent is removed, TP may be incorporated ...