Fluid Mosaic Model

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3 A layer consists of glycolipids and 1 Proteins that attached on the outer and
glycoproteins that covers the cell inner surfaces of the membrane.
membrane. 2 This protein involved in cell-cell
7 This factor will increase / decrease the recognition.
fluidity of the plasma membrane. 4 ____________ and G.L Nicolson proposed the
12 This protein is used to transport ions fluid mosaic model of the cell membrane.
across the plasma membrane by 5 This protein involved in signal-transduction
facilitated diffusion down the process of a cell.
concentration gradient. 6 Characteristic of fatty acid tails.
14 Molecules with both hydrophilic and 8 The hydrophobic tails face inwards and are
hydrophobic regions. attracted to one another by hydrophobic
15 Proteins that embedded in the interactions and _________________
membrane, where some of them are interactions.
embedded partially in the membrane 9 This molecule can move across the plasma
and some penetrate through the membrane by simple diffusion down the
membrane. concentration gradient.
16 Characteristic of plasma membrane. 10 Some of the proteins and phospholipids
18 Characteristic of phosphate head. conjugate with this short branched of
19 One of the processes that occurs due to carbohydrates to form glycoproteins and
the folding of membranes. glycolipids on the outer surface of the
plasma membrane.
11 A type of protein that involved in the
synthesis of ATP.
12 This molecule stabilises the membrane
structure and regulate membrane fluidity.
13 Form the cytoskeleton of the cell.
17 The proteins are scattered in the fluid
phospholipid bilayer giving the _________
appearance and have different structures
and functions.