plasma membrane
collocation in Englishmeaningsofplasmaandmembrane
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plasma
noun[U]
uk/ˈplæz.mə/us/ˈplæz.mə/
the pale yellow liquid that forms 55% of human blood and contains the ...
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membrane
noun[C or U]
us//uk/ˈmem.breɪn/
anatomy
a thin piece of skin that covers or connects parts of a person's or ...
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The apicalplasmamembraneof the rachis is elevated to form numerous microvilli-like projections into the lumen.
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The latter are arranged in a continuous ring lying immediately below theplasmamembraneforming a cytoskeleton (fig. 3b).
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The apicalplasmamembraneextends into the lumen in microvilli-like projections.
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The number of overlap zones is determined by the number of points at which actin filaments emanate from theplasmamembrane.
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Such epithelia form a specialized structure, termed the cell envelope, located immediately under theirplasmamembranewhich is critically involved in barrier function.
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In specimens observed within 5 s of the change in conductance, the acrosomal process projected through the vitelline layer and abutted the eggplasmamembrane.
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The uterine apicalplasmamembranehas microvilli-like projections into the lumen and the terminal bar lies between the apical ends of adjacent cells.
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Second, the steroid diffuses through theplasmamembraneof the cell and binds to its intracellular receptor located in either the cytoplasm or the nucleus.
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Indeed, spindle and chromosomes were still correctly located at this stage: they were anchored in theplasmamembraneof the animal pole.
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More significantly, in the second parasite, breaches of the outerplasmamembranewere evident extending over 1-5 % of the body surface in transverse sections.
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Hemichannels can operate both as independent, singlemembrane channels inplasmamembraneand as subunits of junctional channels.
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Proteins at the cell surface can undergo endocytosis to be retrieved from theplasmamembrane(step 6).
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Although in cell signalling, information is generally conveyed across theplasmamembraneto the cell interior in this manner, this is not always the case.
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This affinity was the basis for the initial suggestion that each of these proteins was a potential ligand for the porcine oocyteplasmamembrane.
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Immunoreactivity is often associated with vesicular-like elements and distributed underneath theplasmamembrane.
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