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Tohoku University

Figure 1

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Structure of the cell membrane and conceptual diagrams of (a) short-range viscosity and (b) long-range viscosity. (a) Random thermal motion of lipids on a nanometer scale is not impeded by proteins or the cytoskeleton. (b) When flow occurs throughout the cell (blue arrows), lipid motion is obstructed by proteins. 

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Yuka Sakuma et al.

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