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B2.1 Membranes & transport - student friendly summary

Guiding questions• How do molecules of lipid and protein assemble into biological membranes? What are the relative positions, which parts ae hydrophobic, which are hydrophilic?• What determines whether a substance can pass through a biological membrane? This is all about whether it can pass through the lipid bilayer - is it polar or non-polar, is it large or small.SL and HL

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