Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier National Park , 235,625 acres (95,395 hectares), SW Wash., in the Cascade Range; est. 1899. The area is dominated by Mt. Rainier, a volcanic peak 14,410 ft (4,392 m) high. The mountain is snow-crowned and has 26 glaciers, offering a challenge to serious climbers; its heavily forested lower slopes are popular with hikers. See National Parks and Monuments (table).
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phospholipid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
phospholipid , lipid that in its simplest form is composed of glycerol bonded to...phosphate. For example, it may be connected with choline; the resulting phospholipid is called phosphatidylcholine, or lecithin. Other phospholipids include...
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Membrane Structure
Book article from: Biology
...Cellular membranes consist mainly of phospholipid assembled into a stable, sheetlike...under normal cellular conditions once phospholipid has been synthesized. To understand...appreciate the amphipathic nature of phospholipid structure. An amphipathic lipid is...
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Membrane
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...is composed of two layers of phospholipid molecules lined up side by side...The hydrophilic portion of a phospholipid is the phosphate group; these...The more lipidlike tail of a phospholipid is the hydrophobic region...
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Membrane Fluidity
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
...microorganisms tend to be a type of lipid termed phospholipid. A phospholipid consists of fatty acid chains that terminate...two so-called leaflets, or a bilayer, of phospholipid. Essentially the membrane is a two dimensional...
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Cell, Eukaryotic
Book article from: Genetics
...structures, made of two layers of phospholipid molecules, built from phosphoric...fatty acids. One end of the phospholipid molecules (the exterior head...freely through the cell's phospholipid membrane. Instead, most ions...
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