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Our current knowledge about biological membranes shows that they belong to the most important cell structures. Mass transport and signal transduction obviously appear to be vital to physiological functions of biomembranes as they enable cellular compartmentalization and control over it at the same time. Many experiments and theoretical considerations in the past decades have shown that membranes consist of a laterally heterogeneous lipid bilayer with a large number of different protein molecules embedded in the lipid bilayer. Heterogeneity exists at any level — from the biochemical to the physical level, meaning that different constituents and supramolecular structures in membranes interact via different interactions and exhibit different motional characteristics. This complexity — as the most striking property of any biological system — remains a tough problem also for the up-to-date experimental and theoretical approaches.
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Štrancar, J. (2007). Advanced ESR Spectroscopy in Membrane Biophysics. In: ESR Spectroscopy in Membrane Biophysics. Biological Magnetic Resonance, vol 27. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49367-1_3
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