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A) What physical-chemical properties of fatty acids cause them to form micelles?

B) What physical-chemical properties of phospholipids cause them to form lipid bilayers?

C) Briefly describe the structure of a micelle and a lipid bilayer.

Briefly describe the differences between the structure of a micelle and a liposome

A) What physical-chemical properties

of a lipid bilayer allow it to be an effective semipermeable barrier towards ions in solution?

B) Would it be as effective a barrier towards hydrophobic molecules?

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