membrane
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The MAL gene produces a small membrane protein called Mal.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
To explain the pattern, the researchers built mathematical models of the membrane surrounding an axon.
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
Removing it made the membrane less stiff and more fluid.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The stars were white and sharp beyond the flesh of the Martian, and they were sewn into his flesh like scintillas swallowed into the thin, phosphorescent membrane of a gelatinous sea fish.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
Scientists also need to explain how enough RNA molecules could have gathered in the same place to interact before cell membranes existed.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
In the 1980s, freezes ruptured oranges’ cell membranes and turned new growth black.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
It is a very small protein embedded in cell membranes and has been associated with processes involving membrane organization and cellular transport.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Think mushroom leather, spider-silk filaments, membranes of algae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
He heard the eyases chittering, saw Frightful sitting erect on her stub, and let his nictitating membranes slip across each eye.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Life Science: Cell Biology
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Florida EOC Biology 1
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