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I believe the 'lipid-bilayer' refers to the membrane of a cell. A globular protein is something that takes on a roughly spherical shape.

In cells proteins span the outside of a cell to the inside to help with the diffusion of molecules or especially ions that do not diffuse directly through the membrane.

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