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Meanings of plasma membrane in English

Russian
клеточная мембрана
Portuguese
membrana plasmática
Catalan
membrana plasmàtica
Spanish
membrana plasmatica
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Biological membrane separating the interior of a cell from its external environment.

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        клеточная мембрана
        Portuguese
        membrana celular
        Catalan
        membrana cel·lular

        A thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell.

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              Usage of plasma membrane in English
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              However, insulin-induced changes in plasma membrane area have not yet been demonstrated.
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              Vesicle budding for Golgi-to- plasma membrane trafficking is a key step in secretion.
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              Results: Nephrin was found at the plasma membrane and on insulin vesicles.
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              AQP5 was positive along the apical plasma membrane and its small invaginations.
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              Confocal microscopy confirmed that BMMP did not block Gag plasma membrane targeting.
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              When expressed in tobacco leaves, MtCOPT2-GFP co-localizes with a plasma membrane marker.
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              Exocytosis of synaptic vesicles is rapidly followed by compensatory plasma membrane endocytosis.
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              The plasma membrane was the preferred site of phosphatidylserine oxidation in cells.
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              Accordingly, manipulation of the surface charge displaced PIP5Ks from the plasma membrane.
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              Expression of a moss LTPG-YFP fusion revealed localization to the plasma membrane.
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              PGs are released through the prostaglandin transporter on the cell's plasma membrane.
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              Similarly to other iron permeases, OmFET-GFP was localized on the plasma membrane.
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              Thus, an important cross-talk exists among two plasma membrane-enriched lipids, cholesterol and PIP2.
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              Cholesterol-rich plasma membrane microdomains are important for entry of many viruses, including retroviruses.
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              However, synthesis of PIP2 was detected only in plasma membrane-containing fractions.
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              Between all the different pro-angiogenic molecular targets, plasma membrane glycosphingolipids have been under-investigated.
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