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Fluid Mosaic Model
Fluid Mosaic Model
! Model describing
structure of the cell
membrane
! urotective barrier
! Regulates movement
of substances in / out
of cell (î
)
! Contains cytoplasm
(contents of the cell)
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± are
are water loving and point water fearing and orient
toward water themselves to each other
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! ?n water,
phospholipids
form a bilayer
! ÷ cell membrane
is a bilayer
! Yiposome is a small
vesicle, with an
aqueous compartment
surrounded by a bilayer
! Úeak
î
keep phospholipids
together to make the
cell membrane
! | îserve
as ion channels,
membrane pumps,
or receptors
! uroteins which
attach to the
membrane
! Do not interact
with lipids, but with
integral proteins
! ÷ttach by weak
hydrogen bonds
! ?nvolved in keeping
membrane ³fluid´
! º
found on the surface
of the membrane
! Serve as recognition
sites for chemicals
! Between phospholipids