Which of the following is NOT a general feature of the lipid bilayer in biologic

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Which of the following is NOT a general feature of the lipid bilayer in biological membranes? If the membrane bilayer is below its transition temperature, individual lipid molecules will be not be able to diffuse laterally in one surface of the bilayer. The rate at which individual lipid molecules in one face (monolayer) of the bilayer diffuse (flip-flop) to the other monolayer is very slow. The higher the proportion of saturated fatty acid chains in a membrane's phosphoglycerides, the higher the membrane's transition temperature. The polar headgroups of phospholipids, glycolipids, and cholesterol face towards the interior of the bilayer. Self-assembly of a lipid bilayer in an aqueous environment is favored entropically because the process results in a large increase in the entropy of water molecules

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Which of the following is not a general features of of the lipid bilayer in biological membranes:

D) The polar headgroups of phospholipids, glycolipids, and cholesterol face towards the interior of the bilayer.

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