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Definition: Plasma Membrane |
Plasma MembraneNoun1. A thin membrane around the cytoplasm of a cell; controls passage of substances in and out of the cell. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Plasma MembraneSynonyms: cell membrane (n), cell wall (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Plasma Membrane |
| Specialty definitions using "plasma membrane": 1-Acylglycerophosphocholine O-Acyltransferase ♦ Adherens Junctions, Ankyrins ♦ Band 3 Protein, beta 2-Microglobulin ♦ Cell Polarity, Complement Membrane Attack Complex, Cytoplasmic Vesicles ♦ Drug Resistance, Multiple, Dystrophin ♦ Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional ♦ Focal Adhesions ♦ glucoproteins ♦ Hemidesmosomes ♦ Immunologic Surveillance ♦ Mollicutes, mucoprotein, mucoproteins ♦ pertussis toxin ♦ rac1 GTP-Binding Protein, Receptors, LH ♦ Sodium-Hydrogen Antiporter ♦ Vitelline Membrane. (references) |
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 | The rickettsia is covered by the host cell plasma membrane. Transmission electron micrograph. Credit: CDC. |  | Host cell plasma membrane derived from the previous host cell may cover the rickettsia. Transmission electron micrograph. Credit: CDC. |
 | Within the membrane-lined phagocytic vacuole, the rickettsia may still be coated by plasma membrane derived from the previous host cell. Transmission electron micrograph. Credit: CDC. |  | Transmission electron micrograph of Candida species. CW - cell wall, PM - plasma membrane, M - mitochondria, V - vacuole, N - nucleus. Credit: CDC. |
 | Illustration of structure of hyphal tip. er - endoplasmic reticulum, s - septum, m - mitochondrion, n - nucleus, vgs - Golgi, r - ribosome, p - plasma membrane, v - vesicles. Credit: CDC. | ||
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Health | The M-RNP complex binds with the glycoprotein, and the completed virus buds from the plasma membrane. (references) | |
Nascent virions are then transported in secretory vesicles to the plasma membrane and released by exocytosis. (references) | ||
This change is transmitted across the plasma membrane of a cell in one of three ways, depending on the type of hormone. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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plasma membrane | 38 |
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| Language | Translations for "plasma membrane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | plasmamembran (plasma lemma), plasmalemma (plasma lemma). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | plasmalemm (plasma lemma), membrane plasmatique (plasma lemma). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Plasmamembran (plasma lemma), Plasmalemma (plasma lemma), Plasmalemm (plasma lemma), Plasmahaut (plasma lemma). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | asmaplay embranemay plasmalema (plasmalemma), membrana plasmática (plasma lemma). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Plasma Membrane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: plasma membran. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-e-e-l-m-m-m-n-p-r-s" | |
-5 letters: abamperes, analemmas, embalmers, membranes, preambles, separable, spareable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6C 61 73 6D 61 4D 65 6D 62 72 61 6E 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101100 01100001 01110011 01101101 01100001 00100000 01001101 01100101 01101101 01100010 01110010 01100001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P l a s m a   M e m b r a n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006C 0061 0073 006D 0061 004D 0065 006D 0062 0072 0061 006E 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50786785796724771796884678071 |
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