PROMISCUOUS LIGANDS AND ATTRACTIVE CAVITIES

  Figure 2.
Figure 2.

Schematization of the plasma membrane, showing phospholipids, cholesterol, sugars, and various proteins. Note the complexity apparent even in this extremely simplified rendering. [Reproduced with permission from Scientific American 253, 100-108 (1985).]

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  1. MI December 2001 vol. 1 no. 5 258-268