plasma membrane
plasma membrane
Definition
plasma membrane
noun
a very thin living membrane surrounding the cytoplasm of a plant or animal cell
plasma membrane
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- cell: In the T-cell, the virus buds out of the external plasma membrane of the cell.
Converse of object
- call: Cells cannot function without the ability to traffick proteins, carbohydrates and fats across the external membrane, called the plasma membrane.
Modifies a noun
- receptor: It acts on specific plasma membrane receptors which share common signaling pathways to insulin.
- calcium: Estrogen and androgen regulation of plasma membrane calcium pump activity in immortalized distal tubule kidney cells.
- pump: Auxin causes rapid changes in the activity of the plasma membrane proton pump ( H + -ATPase ) and various ion channels.
- activity: Estrogen and androgen regulation of plasma membrane calcium pump activity in immortalized distal tubule kidney cells.
- integrins: In focal adhesions, stress fibers attach via adapter proteins to plasma membrane integrins.
Noun used with modifier
- cell: T tubules are invaginations of muscle cell plasma membrane.
Browse dictionary entries near plasma membrane
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- plasmapheresis
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- plasmid
- plasmin
- plasminogen
- plasmo-
- plasmodium
- plasmolysis
