membranous
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ZIP7 is also the only zinc transporter found in the endoplasmic reticulum, a membranous structure where a cell makes proteins destined for the outer membrane of the cell or for secretion out of the cell.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 2024
It then must move to another membranous network in the cell called the endoplasmic reticulum.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
These ailments include myocarditis, neuromyelitis optica, primary membranous nephropathy and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2021
“Every membranous violet smear on the gritty toilet paper was proof to me that I existed. … All day I flitted from bodily need to bodily need.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
The older, more powerful ones are membranous, packed with layers of different meaning, like one-word poems.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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