Lipids on the frontier: a century of cell-membrane bilayers

Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2003 May;4(5):414-8. doi: 10.1038/nrm1102.

Abstract

Our present picture of cell membranes as lipid bilayers is the legacy of a century's study that concentrated on the lipids and proteins of cell-surface membranes. Recent work is changing the picture and is turning the snapshot into a video.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Membrane / ultrastructure
  • Cell Membrane Permeability
  • Diffusion
  • Eukaryotic Cells
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Lipid Bilayers / history*
  • Membrane Lipids / history*
  • Membrane Lipids / metabolism
  • Membrane Microdomains / chemistry
  • Membrane Microdomains / metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins / history
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • Viscosity

Substances

  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Membrane Lipids
  • Membrane Proteins