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Cell membranes are built from lipids and proteins.
The Plasma Membrane
The plasma membrane serves as the interface between the machinery in the interior of the cell and the extracellular fluid (ECF) that bathes all cells.
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A cell membrane (or plasma membrane or plasmalemma) is the part of any biological cell that covers the cell. It is selectively permeable, structured bilayer of phospholipid and protein molecules.
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Cell membrane
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Cell membranes act as barriers to most, but not all, molecules. Development of a cell membrane that could allow some materials to pass while constraining the movement of other molecules was a major step in the evolution of the cell.
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cell membrane -- The outer membrane of a cell, which separates it from the environment. Also called a plasma membrane or plasmalemma.
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cell membrane
The outer membrane of the cell; the plasma membrane.
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cell membrane
the outer boundary of cells, the structure of which is visible only under the electron microscope.
cellulose
A type of unbranched polysaccharide carbohydrate that is composed of glucose sugars.
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- Cell Membrane
- Cytoplasm
Definition: The semi-fluid component of a cell's cytoplasm.

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Diagram/label cell membrane structure and describe interactions with environment.
Explain relationship between photosynthesis and respiration (identify organelles involved)
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plasmalemma The cell membrane.
plasmid A small circle of DNA that may be carried by a bacterium in addition to its genomic DNA.
plasmodesma A cytoplasmic strand that connects adjacent plant cells through pores in the cell wall.
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Passageways in the cell membrane through which charged molecules can pass.
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A method for transforrning DNA, especially useful for plant cells, in which high voltage pulses of electricity are used to open pores in cell membranes, through which foreign DNA can pass. Encapsidation.
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Pericellular proteolysis represents one of the key modes by which the cell can modulate its environment, involving not only turnover of the extracellular matrix but also the regulation of cell membrane proteins, ...
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Channel proteins that span the cell membrane form the ion channels. To determine the structure of proteins, scientists have often used X-ray crystallography.
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PLCβ hydrolyzes phosphoinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), a phospholipid found in the cell membrane, into soluble inositol triphosphate (IP3) and diacylgycerol (DAG), which stays in the cell membrane.
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Integrins are proteins found in cell membranes that control many cellular processes and also serve as a channel through which viruses can enter and infect cells.
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Proteins associated with the cell membranes of animal cells may bind to proteins of adjacent cells.
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sarcolemma: the muscle cell membrane.
sarcomere: the functional unit of the muscle that contains thin actin filaments and thick myosin filaments.
scientific method: an orderly process of gaining information about the biological world.
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Septum
The growth of the cell membrane and wall between opposite ends of a growing cell, ultimately separating the cell into two daughter cells.
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living, semipermeable membrane covering certain cells; see cell membrane
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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A23187 - mobile-carrier calcium ionophore (allows Ca++ ions to cross cell membranes) originally isolated as an antibiotic from Streptomyces chartreusensis. Also known as Calcimycin, Antibiotic A23187.
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The material between the nuclear and cell membranes; includes fluid (cytosol) organelles, and various membranes.
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myelin sheath - insulating layer of specialized cell membrane wrapped around vertebrate axons; produced by the oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system (CNS) ...
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Lysis. The destruction of the cell membrane.
Lysogen. A bacterial cell whose chromosome contains in- tegrated viral DNA.
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