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Selectively permeable |
Allowing some substances to pass |
Plasma membrane is selectively permeable |
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Amphipatic molecules |
Molecules that have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions |
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Membrane fluids are held together by what? |
Weak hydrophobic interactions |
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Membrane fluidity is influenced by what? |
Temperature (fluid to solid state) Constituents (membranes with lots of unsaturated fats are more fluid than saturated fats |
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Cholesterol |
Maintains fluidity of membrane |
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Peripheral proteins |
One of the two membrane proteins that are loosley bound to the surface of the proteins |
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Integral proteins |
Penetrates the hydrophobic core of the lipid bilayer |
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