Abstract
Cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane, which forms the boundary between their cytoplasm and the environment. The principal components of the plasma membrane and of all other cellular membranes are (glyco)lipids and (glyco)proteins.
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Pavelka, M., Roth, J. (2010). The Plasma Membrane. In: Functional Ultrastructure. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99390-3_81
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