Lipid Membranes

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Clues

  • Biological __________ define the external boundaries of cells and separate compartments within cells (9)
  • Detergents in ___________ environments can spontaneously form micells or monolayers (7)
  • Lateral diffusion is ________ (4)
  • Lipid __________ are the main structural component of all biological membranes (8)
  • Lipid anchored membrane proteins are tethered to a membrane through a ___________ bond to a lipid anchor (8)
  • Membranes are responsible for generating and __________ the proton gradients essential for the production of ATP (11)
  • Proteins only undergo _________ diffusion (7)
  • Some membrane proteins serve as selective ________ that control the transport of ions and small molecules in and out of the cell (5)
  • The spontaneous formation of lipid bilayers is driven by the _____________ interactions (11)
  • With integral membrane proteins, the part that spans the membrane is most often an _________ (5, 5)

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