Abstract
Besides lipids, proteins, sterols and carbohydrates, membranes also contain another component that is often ignored — water. The association with, and distribution of, water in the membranes is not uniform and aqueous domains differing in location and physico-chemical properties may be found on the membrane’s exterior and at different sites in the membrane’s interior.
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Leshem, Y.Y. (1992). Membrane water. In: Plant Membranes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2683-2_6
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