The Cell Membrane Kit contains materials to address the following concepts:
• Phospholipid chemistry and structure
• Hydrophilic heads
• Hydrophobic tails
• Saturated vs. unsaturated fatty acid chains
• Types of membrane proteins
• Transport proteins- channels, gated channels, and pumps
• Recognition proteins
• Enzymes
• Receptor proteins
• Attachment proteins
• Hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions in forming a phospholipid bilayer
• Control of membrane fluidity by cholesterol molecules
• Roles of glycoproteins and carbohydrates in cellular recognition
Included in this kit you will find the following pieces:
Phospholipids in a Bilayer (10)
Individual Phospholipids (6)
Enzyme (1)
Helix Protein (1)
Channel Protein (1)
Gated Channel Protein (1)
Pump (1)
Receptor Protein (1)
Water (10)
Salt (2)
Sugar (10)
Signal Molecule (2)
Cholesterol (2)
Glycolipid (1)
Carbohydrate (1)
Cell Membrane - Desk Kit
Each of our desk kits are printed on a white polystyrene (making them hard to destroy). Each piece is die-cut to the finished size (so no prep work needed). The size of the desk pieces are approximately 40% of the board kits printed exactly the same to match.
Each piece across all our board kits are designed to be approximately the same size, so they work in conjunction with each other.