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a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell
all cells have a cell membrane
How To Use plasma membrane In A Sentence
- After biogenesis, trichocysts migrate to the plasma membrane and are anchored to predetermined sites.
- This indicates a level of plasma membrane invagination comparable with mammalian skeletal muscle.
- In a number of orchid species, the outer tangential walls of short cells have numerous wall ingrowths that greatly expand the surface area of the plasma membrane and, thus, resemble transfer cells.
- Unlike a moving fibroblast, however, the extending axon also grows in size, with an accompanying increase in the total surface area of the neuron's plasma membrane.
- The plasma membrane transport of other metabolites such as amino acids and sugars can also be assayed by the changes in membrane potential.
- The rapid electrical pulse induces very short-lived micropores in the plasma membrane, allowing DNA to enter the cell.
- The virion of MuLV classifies it as a C-type virus, which assembles at the surface of infected cells, and acquires a plasma membrane envelope as it buds from a cell.
- The antigen was more abundant in the zone adjacent to the plasma membrane than in the zone closer to the external wall surface.
- Carbachol, gastrin, and histamine all bind to specific receptors on parietal cell plasma membranes.
- Until now the plasma membrane was the prototypical membrane for biophysical studies of lateral protein mobility.
