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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Neurobiol. 2020 Sep 28;80(7-8):277–301. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22780

Figure 2. Lipid raft microdomains of the plasma membrane.

Figure 2.

Lipid rafts are highly organized subdomains of the plasma membrane enriched in cholesterol and glycosphingolipids. Rafts serve as a platform for the recruitment, insertion and interaction of membrane receptors and biomolecules involved in a variety of cellular processes including signal transduction, membrane trafficking and cytoskeletal organization. Membrane proteins are either free to move or immobilized to the actin cytoskeleton.