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Cell membrane configurations as affected by the lipid composition. The relative width of the polar head group and fatty acid chains determines the shape of glycerophospholipids. Cylindrical lipids configure membranes in a bilayer shape, inverted conical in hexagonal I, and conical glycerophospholipids in hexagonal II. Diagram is adopted from Zhukovsky et al. [43].
