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Describe bilayers.
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Exclude hydrophobic tails from water molecules, when large enough, it may fold back and form an artificial spherical vesicle named liposome that encloses a hydrophilic lumen, the central layer is hydrophobic and forms a barrier against hydrophilic compounds, it is not completely impermeable since it allows flow of some hydrophilic molecules among lipid molecules.
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