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- noun biology The
cell membrane
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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At present I am investigating, together with my collaborators, the interactions which occur among the membranes of the various compartments of the secertory pathway, namely the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, the secretion granules, and the plasmalemma.
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Part of a smaller ejectosome is visible just beneath the plasmalemma on the lower left side of the cell
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Part of a smaller ejectosome is visible just beneath the plasmalemma on the lower left side of the cell
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To assess sperm plasmalemma integrity (i.e., viability), 10 µl of sperm suspension and 1 µl of Eosin-Y solution (5 g / l) were mixed, and the percentage of stained cells was determined by counting
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Another scenario to explain the remarkable effect of CD on cholesterol and GSL storage in neurons, but not requiring direct access to the E/L system, would be an interaction with cholesterol at the neuronal plasmalemma.
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CD could also extract cholesterol from the plasmalemma of endothelial cells lining the BBB and either shuttle cholesterol to acceptor molecules or act as a sink within the bloodstream as discussed earlier.
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If CD does enter the brain, it presumably could exert its impact on cholesterol and GSL accumulation by acting at the plasmalemma of brain cells or after being internalized.
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[23], [37], the result of which could be a redistribution of cholesterol from the E/L system to the plasmalemma.
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