membrane
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The MAL gene produces a small membrane protein called Mal.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the model, increasing membrane tension also reduced their size.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The researchers combined electrical stimulation with rapid freezing to capture tiny membrane changes in mouse and human brain slices.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Alongside the pearled axons, they found evidence of ultrafast endocytosis, a process through which nerve endings quickly retrieve membrane after releasing chemical messages.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
She had a soft landing on a warm bouncy surface and was feeling lucky—until she opened her eyes and found herself staring through a glowing gold membrane at another, much larger face.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Think mushroom leather, spider-silk filaments, membranes of algae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
In the 1980s, freezes ruptured oranges’ cell membranes and turned new growth black.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Plasmalogens are a type of lipid, or fat molecule, that forms an important part of cell membranes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Meningitis is an infection and swelling of the fluid and membranes around the brain and spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The tricky, unsolved thing is how to get the polymers to arrange in membranes and invent replication.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing membrane
Life Science: Cell Biology
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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STAAR Biology: Cell Structure and Function
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