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Phospholipids, a principal component of natural membranes together with proteins, are molecules with a polar head-group, charged or zwitterionic, and two hydrocarbon chains. When placed into an aqueous medium, they form a variety of lyotropic structures as a function of water content and temperature, which are disordered at atomic level and yet display a high degree of long range organization[1]. In particular, multilamellar liposomes, layer lattices of alternating and closed bimolecular lipid sheets intercalated by aqueous spaces, have a strong similarity with the lipid bilayers of biological membranes and can be regarded as models or prototypes of living cells[2]. Information about functions and properties of biomembranes can be obtained by studying such relatively simple structures.
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Mariani, P., Rustichelli, F. (1989). Structural Modifications Induced by External Agents on Multilamellar Liposomes. In: Martellucci, S., Chester, A.N. (eds) Progress in Microemulsions. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 41. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0809-4_18
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