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Lipid bilayer

Biological terminology
Lipid bilayer, a biological term, refers to the membrane structure composed of two layers of phospholipids; Or it refers to the general name of the lamellar structure formed by two layers of lipid molecules opposite the end of the hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain and facing the surface with the polar head.
Foreign name
lipid bilayer
Chinese scientific name
Lipid bilayer
Lipid bilayer
Chinese name: lipid bilayer English name: lipid bilayer Definition 1: membrane structure composed of two layers of phospholipids. The polar hydrophilic head of phospholipid molecule is toward the outside of the membrane, while its hydrophobic tail is clustered on the inside of the bilayer. Discipline: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (First level discipline); Biomembrane (Secondary discipline) Definition 2: a generic term for the lamellar structure formed by two lipid molecules facing each other with the end of the hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain and the polar head facing the surface. Applied discipline: Cell Biology (First level discipline); Cell structure and Extracellular matrix (Secondary discipline)