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Membrane curvature — is the geometrical measure or characterization of the curvature of membranes. The membranes can be naturally occurring or man made (synthetic). An example of naturally occurring membrane is the lipid bilayer of cells, also known as cellular… … Wikipedia
Membrane emulsification — (ME) is a relatively novel technique for producing all types of single and multiple emulsions (o/w, w/o, w/w, w/o/w, o/w/o, m/w, s/o/w), e.g. for DDS (drug delivery system), solid micro carriers for encapsulation of drug or nutrient, solder… … Wikipedia
Membrane contact site — Membrane contact sites are areas within a cell where the membranes of two organelles are arranged in close proximity (not to be confused with cell junctions between the cells). These sites are thought to be important in the transport of small… … Wikipedia
Membrane transport — In cellular biology the term membrane transport refers to the collection of mechanisms that regulate the passage of solutes such as ions and small molecules through biological membranes namely lipid bilayers that contain proteins embedded in them … Wikipedia
Membrane nanotube — Not to be confused with nanotube membrane. Membrane nanotubes, membrane nanotubules or cytonemes are long and thin tubes formed from the plasma membrane that connect different animal cells over long distances.[1] Two types of nanotubes have been… … Wikipedia
membrane — membraneless, adj. /mem brayn/, n. 1. Anat. a thin, pliable sheet or layer of animal or vegetable tissue, serving to line an organ, connect parts, etc. 2. Cell Biol. the thin, limiting covering of a cell or cell part. [1375 1425; late ME; ME… … Universalium
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
membrane recycling — The process whereby membrane is internalised, fuses with an internal membranous compartment, and is then re incorporated into the plasma membrane. In cells that are actively secreting by an exocrine method (in which secretory granules fuse with… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Cell membrane — Illustration of a Eukaryotic cell membrane The cell membrane or plasma membrane is a biological mem … Wikipedia
Biological membrane — This article is about various membranes in living things. For the membranes surrounding cells, see cell membrane. Cross section view of the structures that can be formed by phospholipids in aqueous solutions A biological membrane or biomembrane… … Wikipedia
