membrane

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These are tiny structures without membranes that help cells protect and reorganize mRNA when under stress.

From Science Daily

Over the next few weeks, he underwent dozens of operations - including one where medics told him they would put a special membrane over a wound to give a better surface for a skin graft.

From BBC

Its wings too were scaled; scales so fine that delicate pink membranes shone through on the underside.

From Literature

Allin's idea was intriguing, but there was no practical way to test whether such a membrane could actually transmit airborne sound.

From Science Daily

PEDS1 is needed to produce plasmalogens, a specific type of membrane phospholipid that is especially abundant in myelin, the fatty coating that insulates nerve fibers.

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