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The bilayer is made up of lipid molecules, in which polar ends are facing outwards (towards cytoplasm in the bottom layer and extracellular environment in the upper layer) and non polar sides are facing each other (hydrophobic interaction). Intrinsic and extrinsic proteins are embedded or attached respectively.

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