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PROTEIN molecules associated with membranes presumably are the keys to the mechanisms of a number of cell functions. For two membranes it has been suggested1 that some of the protein is embedded in a lipid bilayer. I present here evidence of two kinds, covering a wide variety of natural membranes, for molecules of protein each partly inserted in a lipid bilayer and partly exposed to the aqueous medium outside. This evidence generally rules out a normal lipid bilayer with all the protein outside.
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BLAUROCK, A. Locating Protein in Membranes. Nature 240, 556–557 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/240556a0
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