Epithelial cells: line body cavities
Apical domain: faces the lumen; has specialized functions
Basolateral domain: covers the remainder of the cell
The two domains do not intermix and have different
compositions of both lipids and proteins
Microdomains; rafts (glycosphingolipid-cholesterol
mobile ensembles in membranes)
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