membrane
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That change opens a tiny passage through the cell membrane.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Its genetic instructions included a secretion signal that directs the enzyme outside the cell, along with a lipid anchor that holds it firmly to the cell membrane.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
The study, published in Nature Cell Biology, is titled "Leucine inhibits degradation of outer mitochondrial membrane proteins to adapt mitochondrial respiration."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
It is a very small protein embedded in cell membranes and has been associated with processes involving membrane organization and cellular transport.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
When the earth came alive it began constructing its own membrane, for the general purpose of editing the sun.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
These channels act as microscopic gates in cell membranes and play an important role in electrical signaling.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
In the 1980s, freezes ruptured oranges’ cell membranes and turned new growth black.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Think mushroom leather, spider-silk filaments, membranes of algae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
It is a very small protein embedded in cell membranes and has been associated with processes involving membrane organization and cellular transport.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
They shook, cleared water from their eyes with their nictitating membranes, and listened to the thunder boom.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Life Science: Cell Biology
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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STAAR Biology: Cell Structure and Function
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