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What is a micelle?

What is a micelle? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration
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Once the micelle has passed through the fuzzy coat and the brush border, it enters the cells of the tissues that line the intestine.
The combination of the tightly bound micelle nanostructures and the microscale globules is what gives the silk its strength.
It passes through the enterocyte with the other lipids of the micelle and is ultimately stored in the liver.
The monoglycerides that result from these splitting processes combine into a complex called a micelle.
The water also determines the structure of certain constituents in the micelle.
It remains to be seen if the surface of the micelle can be used to target macromolecules or ligands of interest, in order to penetrate cells and pinpoint their constituents.

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