Lipid bilayers
Lipid bilayers
- Event time: 1:00pm
- Event date: 4th February 2002
- Speaker: Stefan Egelhaaf (University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
Biological membranes were believed to be fluid and membrane components, such as proteins, were expected to freely diffuse. The lipid bilayer was thus merely regarded as a 'bag' containing the rest of the cell and, at best, as a 'solvent' for proteins. However, over the past few years evidence has accumulated suggesting that biological membranes are neither unstructured, nor in equilibrium and, most importantly, play a crucial role in a number of vital cell functions.
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