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Fluid mosaic is a term used to describe the current model of the cell membrane. Cell membranes are basically double layers (bilayers) of molecules called phospholipids. 'Floating' in the phospholipid bilayer are molecules of protein. a mosaic is a structure made up of many different parts. Viewed from above the membrane would look something like a mosaic - a 'sea' of lipid with many 'islands' of protein. The lipid bilayer is not rigid, and the lipid and protein molecules are able to move sideways in the membrane ie the membrane is fluid. This model of the cell membrane was proposed by Singer and Nicolson in 1972, and has been suported by many experiments since then. For further details see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_membrane http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/biobk/BioBookCELL2.html
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What term describes the structure of a cell plasma membrane because of its oily nature embedded proteins?
fluid mosaic
Which model of the plasma membrane is currently the most accepted?
The fluid mosaic model, of corse!
Because the phospholipid molecules and some proteins are free to move the plasma membrane is said to be?
fluid mosaic
The movement of protein molecules within the phospholipids bilayer is described by the?
fluid mosaic model
Fluid mosaic model of a cell membrane?
Its called "the fluid mosaic model" of the cell membrane. This describes the clumping together of phospholipids to form rafts and their motion (along with single phospholipids) throughout the membrane.
What is meant by the term fluid balance?
fluid-balance
What is meant by the term interstitial fluid?
Hyperplasia
What term describes the structure of a cell membrane because of its oily nature and embedded proteins?
fluid mosaic
What term describes the structure of cell plasma because of its oily nature and embedded proteins?
fluid mosaic
What term describes the structure of a cell plasma membrane because of its oily nature and embedding proteins?
Fluid Mosaic
What term describe structure of a cell plasma membrane because of its oily nature and embedded protein?
fluid mosaic
What term describes the structure of a cell plasma membrane because of its oily nature embedded proteins?
fluid mosaic
What term describes the structure of a cell plasma membrane because of its oily nature and embebbed proteins?
fluid mosaic
What term describes structures of a cell plasma membrane because of its oily nature and embedded proteins?
fluid mosaic
What term describes structure of a cell plasma membrane because it it and oily nature embedded proteins?
fluid mosaic
What term describes the structure of a cell plasma membrane because of its oily nature and embedded nature?
fluid mosaic
What term describes the structure of a cell plasma membrane because of a oily nature and embedded proteins?
fluid mosaic
