Abstract

The path to our modern understanding of the structure of the lipid bilayer membrane is a long one that can be traced from today perhaps as far back as Benjamin Franklin in the eighteenth century. Here, I provide a personal account of one of the important steps in that path, the description of the “Complete Structure” of a hydrated, fluid phase dioleoyl phosphatidylcholine bilayer by the joint refinement of neutron and X-ray diffraction data by Stephen White and his colleagues.

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中文翻译：

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我们如何理解脂质双层膜的“动荡的化学异质性”。

摘要

我们对脂质双层膜结构的现代理解之路是一条漫长的道路，可以追溯到今天，也许可以追溯到 18 世纪的本杰明·富兰克林。在这里，我提供了该路径中重要步骤之一的个人说明，斯蒂芬怀特和他的同事。

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