membrane

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When these two types of water meet, ions from the saltwater move through a specialized ion-selective membrane toward the lower-salinity water.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

It transports peptidoglycan precursors from the inside of the cell across the membrane so they can be incorporated into the growing cell wall.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Three essential proteins drive the movement of peptidoglycan building blocks across the bacterial inner membrane: MraY, MurG, and MurJ.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

"You're not a eukaryote if you don't have sterols or comparable membrane lipids," Summons says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

Passing through the hanging geraniums, it picked up the rosy light which now, in a kind of membrane, enveloped the girl.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides