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Mammalian plasma membranes

Nature volume 258, pages 43–49 (1975)Cite this article

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1975 is the fiftieth anniversary of the proposal, by Gorter and Grendel, that biological membranes are based on a lipid bilayer. Now well established, this proposal, like the DNA double helix, was a major breakthrough in molecular cell biology. Here we discuss current concepts about the molecular composition, organisation and behaviour of the plasma membranes of mammalian erythrocytes and nucleated cells.

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