When Membrane Lipids Are Extracted from Cells and Used to Prepare

Multiple Choice

When membrane lipids are extracted from cells and used to prepare artificial lipid bilayers, cholesterol and sphingolipids tend to self-assemble into ________ that are more gelated and highly ordered than surrounding regions consisting primarily of _________.

A) macrodomains, phosphoglycerides
B) microdomains, integral proteins
C) microdomains, phosphoglycerides
D) liquid crystals, phosphoglycerides
E) liquid crystals, microdomains