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Review
. 2003 May;4(5):414-8.
doi: 10.1038/nrm1102.

Lipids on the frontier: a century of cell-membrane bilayers

Michael Edidin  1
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Review

Lipids on the frontier: a century of cell-membrane bilayers

Michael Edidin. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2003 May.

Abstract

Our present picture of cell membranes as lipid bilayers is the legacy of a century's study that concentrated on the lipids and proteins of cell-surface membranes. Recent work is changing the picture and is turning the snapshot into a video.

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