A Simple Mimic.

• Autores: Gary Stix
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 297, Nº. 5, 2007, págs. 22-24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article reports on the failure of the scientific community to create a model of a cell's plasma membrane and the openings it has, known as ion channels. An experiment at the University of Oxford in England has made imitation cells from water droplets enveloped in a layer of fat that form bilayers into which membrane channels can be inserted. Called "liquid Lego," the droplets join with neighbors making the equivalent of a complete membrane.