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Special features of lipids (2025)

Lipid molecules show some exceptional properties when they interact or connect with other molecules. As lipids are hydrophobic when they are connected to a hydrophilic phosphate the two ends of the molecule show different behaviour. The structure produced can seal the contents of a cell from the outside solution. Some types of lipids can cross that barrier, and there are even proteins which can cross the lipids of...

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