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Detergents disrupt the hydrophobic interactions between an integral membrane protein and the fatty acid tails of the lipid bilayer. This removes the integral proteins from the bilayer, and since the lipid bilayer is 50% protein, this breaks it down a lot.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoI'm not 100% sure, i had this on my last test. But I would assume that since detergent breaks down lipids, and the cell membrane is made of lipids, the detergent would break down the cell membrane of a cell. hope this helped :)
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∙ 14y agoIt will die.
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Which domains have unbranched lipids in their cell membranes?
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the answer is that it is luck
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