Chapter 5, Problem 1CBQ

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The reason for considering the plasma membrane as the targets of the medicines and the waysby which an individual can determine experimentally that a specific membrane protein was the target of a drug.

Introduction:

The cell membrane is formed from two types of molecules. These are phospholipids and proteins. The phospholipids are a type of lipid molecules that form a bilayer structure. This layer protects the cell from the external environment. All cell membrane contains lipids.