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membrane

[mem-breyn] / ˈmɛm breɪn /
NOUN
covering layer
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With the nanodisc platform, the team captured detailed structural views of how these antibodies interact with viral proteins in their natural membrane environment.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

However, these simplified versions often leave out important sections that normally sit within the virus's outer membrane.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

This setup mimics the virus's outer membrane, helping preserve the proteins' natural structure and behavior.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

Using HIV as an example, the researchers focused on a stable region of the virus's surface protein located near the membrane.

From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026

His cilia are not cilia at all, but individual spirochetes, and at the base of attachment of each spirochete is an oval organelle, embedded in the myxotricha membrane, which is a bacterium.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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