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    what makes up a cell membrane

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    Cells' membranes are composed of lipids (mainly phosopholipids), proteins and some sugars (carbohydrates) attached to proteins. The lipids in membranes are arranged in a double layer – a bilayer. The following links show pictures of cells' membranes:
    http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/media/cell_membrane.gif
    http://www.cytochemistry.net/cell-biology/proteins.jpg
    http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:CellMembraneDrawing.jpg



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