Its called "the fluid mosaic model" of the cell membrane. This describes the clumping together of phospholipids to form rafts and their motion (along with single phospholipids) throughout the membrane.
compare the cell membrane to a mosaic?
cytoplasm
Yes, the Fluid Mosaic Model of the cell membrane describes this characteristic.
They can move laterally along the plane of a membrane
The cell membrane, also called the plasma membrane, is a selectively permeable membrane. The membrane is formed of a phospholipid bilayer and contains proteins that assist in cross membrane transport. The fluid mosaic model describes the way the proteins and lipids can flow along the surface of the membrane.
cell membrane
The concentration of protein molecules is now known to be much higher.
Yes, the Fluid Mosaic Model of the cell membrane describes this characteristic.
The cell membrane.
a model of plasma membrane of cell
Fluid Mosaic
The cell membrane or plasma membrane is often referred to as the fluid mosaic model. This is because it is composed of a fluid lipid bilayer with embedded proteins, giving it a mosaic-like appearance. The fluidity allows for the movement and exchange of molecules within the membrane.
This is the cell membrane or plasma membrane which is made of a phospholipid bilayer.
Cell Membrane
False; the fluid mosaic model describes the plasma membrane as a flexible boundary of a cell.
FLuid Mosaic
cell membrane
it might be Fluid Mosaic Model
The lipids molecules that form the membrane are fluid. They can move about relative to one another in a fluid manner. Some of the proteins are also free to move about so that the mosaic or pattern of lipids and proteins changes. Because of these characteristics scientists call their model of the dynamic cell membrane the fluid the fluid mosaic model.