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
Watanabe and Griswold joined forces with theoretical biophysicist Padmini Rangamani, Ph.D., a professor of pharmacology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, to investigate how the surrounding membrane might shape the axon.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The researchers combined electrical stimulation with rapid freezing to capture tiny membrane changes in mouse and human brain slices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
And Billy and the Maori and others helping them with their particular hole came at last to a membrane of timbers laced over rocks which had wedged together to form an accidental dome.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
It contains an antimicrobial peptide capable of damaging bacterial membranes, creating holes that can rupture the cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
Think mushroom leather, spider-silk filaments, membranes of algae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the 1980s, freezes ruptured oranges’ cell membranes and turned new growth black.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Meningitis is an infection and swelling of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Layers of gauze skirts, delicate as membranes, brush her feet, which are bare on the cold cement floor.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing membrane
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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