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Structure and Physical Chemistry of Membranes

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This article is not intended as a review either of the proceedings of part of this conference or of the current position in the study of the structure of biological membranes. Indeed, it would be presumptuous for a physical chemist to attempt either review. In the present state of membrane studies there is a happy symbiosis between the cell cytologists and the physical scientists. The physical chemist should not attempt to fit the variety of biological experience into the Procrustean bed of oversimplified models and theory and finds more problems than solutions. The remarks which follow are intended as a commentary on current theories of certain aspects of membrane structure and as an indication of future lines of physical research both in model and membrane systems.

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Pethica, B.A. (1967). Structure and Physical Chemistry of Membranes. In: Bolis, L., Capraro, V., Porter, K.R., Robertson, J.D. (eds) Symposium on Biophysics and Physiology of Biological Transport. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25134-8_34

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