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Assertion : A cell membrane shows fluid behaviour.
Reason : A membrane is a mosaic or composite of diverse lipids and proteins.
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Reason : A membrane is a mosaic or composite of diverse lipids and proteins.
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The structure of cell membrane can be described by the fluid-mosaic model. The essential feature of fluid-mosaic model (by Singer and Nicolson, 1972 ) is that cell membranes are considered to be quasifluid structures in which the lipids and proteins are in mosaic manner. The Singer-Nicolson model considered the lipid-protein association (mosaic) to be hydrophobic. The fluidity of the membrane is the result of this hydrophobic interaction, thus a cell membrane shows fluid behaviour.
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