Cell Component
lipid bilayer
lip·id bi·lay·er
Subclass of:
Membranes, Artificial; Membrane Lipids
Definitions related to lipid bilayers:
  • Layers of lipid molecules which are two molecules thick. Bilayer systems are frequently studied as models of biological membranes.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (lipid bilayer membrane) Two layers of phospholipids, forming the basic structure of a biological membrane; bilayer systems are frequently studied as models of biological membranes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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