Cell membrane/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. ^[e]
• Biophysics [r]: The study of forces and energies in biological systems. ^[e]
• Cell (biology) [r]: The basic unit of life, consisting of biochemical networks enclosed by a membrane. ^[e]
• Membrane biophysics [r]: The study of forces and energies in biological membranes. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Action potential [r]: A brief change in voltage that travels along a cell membrane. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Adhesion plaques [r]: Small areas on the cell's membrane that anchor the cell to an extracellular matrix. ^[e]
• Alcohol [r]: A chemical compound that contains a hydroxy group (OH). ^[e]
• Amine [r]: An organic chemical containing a nitrogen atom with tetrahedral arrangement of it electron pairs and its lone pair of electrons. ^[e]
• Apoptosis [r]: Programmed cell death by which cells in a multicellular organism undergo a controlled death. ^[e]
• Archaea [r]: A major group of numerous microorganisms fundamentally different from the bacteria and including many chemolithotrophs and extremophiles. ^[e]
• Bacterial cell structure [r]: Morphological and genetic features of unicellular prokaryotic organisms characterized by the lack of a membrane-bound nucleus and membrane-bound organelles. ^[e]
• Bacteria [r]: A major group of single-celled microorganisms. ^[e]
• Bioelectrical impedance analysis [r]: Method for estimating body composition using electrical impedance. ^[e]
• Cell cycle [r]: Is the progression of events within a eukaryotic cell between cell divisions. ^[e]
• Endosymbiont theory [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Fatty acid metabolism [r]: Oxidative degradation of saturated fatty acids in which two-carbon units are sequentially removed from the molecule with each turn of the cycle, and metabolized so that it can be used as a source of energy in aerobic respiration. ^[e]
• Glucose-6-phosphate [r]: (G6P), is glucose that has been phosphorylated on carbon 6. The conversion from glucose to G6P is the first step of glycolysis for energy production in cells. ^[e]
• Hormone [r]: A chemical director of biological activity that travels through some portion of the body as a messenger. ^[e]
• Ion channel [r]: Gated, ion-selective glycoproteins that traverse membranes. The stimulus for channel gating can be a membrane potential, drug, transmitter, cytoplasmic messenger, or a mechanical deformation. ^[e]
• Ligand [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Maximum life span [r]: Measure of the maximum amount of time one or more members of a group has been observed to survive between birth and death. ^[e]
• Membrane protein [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Neurotransmitter [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Organism [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Origin of life [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Phagocytosis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Patch clamp [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Plant (organism) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Potassium [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Prion [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Protein [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pseudomonas putida [r]: Add brief definition or description
• RNA world hypothesis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Receptor [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Red blood cells [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Resting potential [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sodium [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Steroid [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Virus (biology) [r]: Add brief definition or description