Plasma membrane phospholipids are

a. located mostly in the outer leaflet of the bilayer.
b. located mostly in the inner leaflet of the bilayer.
c. symmetrically distributed between the two membrane halves.
d. asymmetrically distributed between the two membrane halves.


Ans: d. asymmetrically distributed between the two membrane halves.

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