Abstract
As plasma membranes of cells can hardly be treated in their whole complexity, it is useful to reduce them in terms of a three layer system consisting of (see Fig 1):
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The glycocalix (control of the interaction with the environment or with other cells).
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The lipid-protein bilayer (location of biochemical membrane processes).
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The cytoskeleton (coupling with cytoplasm).
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Engelhardt, H., Fricke, K., Duwe, H.P., Sackmann, E. (1986). Sensitive Techniques to Measure the Elastic Properties of Cell Membranes. In: Peters, R., Trendelenburg, M. (eds) Nucleocytoplasmic Transport. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71565-5_2
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