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

The tiny baby octopuses—each about the size of a nickel—emerged from soft, membranous eggs, clutched in their mothers’ protective embrace.

From Scientific American • Jul. 3, 2023

In prokaryotes, the DNA is not enclosed in a membranous envelope.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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