intramembranous particles

intramembranous particles
Particles (or complementary pits) seen in freeze fractured membranes. The cleavage plane is through the centre of the bilayer, and the particles are usually assumed to represent integral membrane proteins (or polymers of such proteins).

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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