Bilayer membrane A frequent abbreviation for a cell membrane Usually consisting of two liquid crystalline films consisting of phosphoglycerides with their hydrophobic surfaces facing each other and separated by a space as observed with an electron microscope Frequently labeled a three-layer membrane in other literature because of the dark-light-dark appearance in the electron microscope
Federal agency within the Dept of the Interior, responsible for all federal land not under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, National Forest Service, Fish & Wildlife Service, or Dept of Defense Traditionally it has been in favor of grazing and extractive industries (oil, gas, coal) but this is changing -- in Utah more slowly than in other places However, the BLM recently has been given jurisdiction over its first national monuments, the first being the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, known by the initials GSENM