cell membrane
cell membrane
Definition
cell membrane
noun
a membrane surrounding a cell or cell part; esp., plasma membrane
cell membrane
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- protect: How are such small amounts of vitamin E able to protect cell membranes against sustained free radical attack?
- stabilize: Quercetin possesses powerful antioxidant properties and like other bioflavonoids, has the ability to stabilize cell membranes.
- cause: The consequence is deficient oxygen supply and damage to cell membranes caused by so-called " free radicals " .
Adjective modifier
- red: Malaria parasite antigens exposed on the surface of the infected red blood cell membrane.
- fungal: The antibiotic shows strong affinity for ergosterol in the fungal cell membrane.
Modifies a noun
- integrity: It is involved in cell stability and maintaining cell membrane integrity.
- protein: This hapten can conveniently be coupled to carriers such as soluble proteins, cell membrane proteins or to membrane soluble lipid anchors.
- damage: Internally, it has been used to prevent cell membrane damage, speed the healing.. .
- transport: The adducin genes contribute significantly to population variation in rat blood pressure and cell membrane sodium transport.
- dysfunction: Kidd PM, Bipolar disorder and cell membrane dysfunction.
- stability: Taurine helps to regulate heartbeat, maintains cell membrane stability and helps to prevent brain cell over activity.
Noun used with modifier
- plasma: T tubules are invaginations of muscle cell plasma membrane.
- blood: Malaria parasite antigens exposed on the surface of the infected red blood cell membrane.
- surface: A positive reaction was found on the cell surface membranes or apical parts of neoplastic follicles.
- muscle: T tubules are invaginations of muscle cell plasma membrane.
- damage: Toxic substances may disturb normal cell function, damage cell membranes, interfere with enzyme and immune systems and RNA and DNA activity.
- wall: The resilience of the cell wall membrane also plays a major part in sound absorption in PU foams.
Browse dictionary entries near cell membrane
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