Essential Cell Biology, 4th Edition

by Alberts, Bruce; Bray, Dennis; Hopkin, Karen; Johnson, Alexander D,; Lewis, Julian; Raff, Martin; Roberts, Keith; Walter, Peter

Published by Garland Science

ISBN 10: 0815344546

ISBN 13: 978-0-81534-454-4

Chapter 11 - Membrane Structure - Questions - Page 382: Question 11-10 A

Answer

They cannot form stable bilayers.

Work Step by Step

The size of a lipid head is much larger than a hydrocarbon tail so shape of molecule is a cone not a cylinder and molecules form micelles (spherical structures), not bilayers

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