Medical Definition of Lipid bilayer

1. A lamellar organisation of phospholipids that are packed as a bilayer with hydrophobic acyl tails inwardly directed and polar head groups on the outside surfaces. It is this bilayer that forms the basis of membranes in cells, though in most cellular membranes a very substantial proportion of the area may be occupied by integral proteins. The triple layered appearance of membranes seen in electron microscopy is thought to arise because the osmium tetroxide binds to the polar regions leaving a central, unstained, hydrophobic region. (31 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lipid Bilayer

lipide
lipidemia
lipidemia
lipides
lipidic
lipidolytic
lipidoses
lipidosis
lipidosis
lipids
lipids
lipids and antilipaemic agents
lipid A
lipid A 4'-phosphatase
lipid A disaccharide synthase
lipid bilayer (current term)
lipid bilayers
lipid granulomatosis
lipid granulomatosis
lipid histiocytosis
lipid keratopathy
lipid mobilization
lipid peroxidation
lipid peroxides
lipid pneumonia
lipid profile
lipid storage diseases
lipin
lipinic
lipins

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