The diagram shows the phospholipid monolayer surrounding the hydrophobic lipid core

Abstract

Concavely fractured droplets show an aspect of the monolayer that is equivalent to the P face of a normal membrane. The complementary aspect, revealed in convex fractures, would be termed an E face in a normal lipid bilayer. However, as there is no E half, the "E-face equivalent" seen in convex fractures is best envisaged as the outer-facing aspect of the surface of the lipid core. <p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Recent advances in freeze-fracture electron microscopy: the replica immunolabeling technique"</p><p></p><p>Biological Procedures Online 2008;10():9-19.</p><p>Published online Jan 2008</p><p>PMCID:PMC2275045.</p><p>Article © by the author(s). This paper is Open Access and is published in Biological Procedures Online under license from the author(s). Copying, printing, redistribution and storage permitted. Journal © 1997-2008 Biological Procedures Online.</p