How to Use cell membrane in a Sentence

cell membrane

noun

• Next, the sperm cell has to pick up speed to be able to fuse with the egg cell, and the sperm's cell membrane has to become more fluid.
  — Carla Bleiker, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2018
• Lipid bilayers, made up of two sheets of fat cells, form the cell membrane.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 Nov. 2019
• Along with GenX, the plant also makes Nafion, used in fuel-cell membranes.
  — Ken Otterbourg, Fortune, 24 May 2018
• Instead, the complex of virus and receptors stays on the outside of the cell membrane.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2020
• One class of molecules in the cell membrane are called ion channels.
  — Gabriel A. Silva, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• Think about a cell membrane, where water and other things pass through freely, but all the cell’s guts are kept inside.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2019
• Membrane proteins are found on the cell membrane and play a variety of roles.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• The less water around, the less chance for precious cell membrane damage and the greater likelihood the plant will survive.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Nov. 2019
• Zinc is required for cell membrane repair, cell growth, and the maintenance of healthy skin.
  — Cynthia Sass, Rd, Health.com, 24 June 2020
• The elongating filaments push on the tight cell membrane, producing a bump that gives the actin chains room to grow even more, and bind more VASP.
  — Adam Mann, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2020
• Nerve cells have tiny pores in their cell membranes that regulate the flow of sodium ions into the cell, which in turn modulates the firing of the cell.
  — Karen Weintraub, Scientific American, 1 June 2017
• The element is a fundamental part of DNA and is present in the bones of mammals, cell membranes and ocean-dwelling plankton.
  — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 14 June 2023
• Understanding why plants stress out in droughts, says Dunning, has to do with the way ions travel across a cell membrane.
  — April Glaser, Slate Magazine, 18 Sep. 2017
• These cell membrane lipids are a new target for cancer drugs, said the study, performed in human cancer cells and whole mice.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2019
• The parasites infect and destroy red blood cells by forcing their cell membrane to break open.
  — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
• Chloride channels are gatekeepers that sit in the cell membrane and usher chloride, an electrolyte, in and out of cells.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2021
• Defensins can kill cells by inserting themselves into the cell membrane to create holes in the membrane.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
• In a 2010 study, zinc coupled with an ionophore (a chemical that transports an ion across a cell membrane) was found to inhibit the replication of SARS.
  — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
• But the debate is far from resolved; researchers are still not sure exactly how the anesthesia affects the cell membranes.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2018
• The protein normally sits inactive in the cell membranes of the tissue that makes up the lining of lymphatic vessels.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 13 Dec. 2019
• Two proteins that exclude each other activate on the cell membrane at opposite ends of the cell, so that where one is present, the other can’t diffuse.
  — Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2019
• One of these signature structures is lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a long chain of sugars anchored to the cell membrane of many types of bacteria.
  — Stephanie Melchor, Scientific American, 29 Mar. 2021
• In fact, the pores in the cell membrane get so large that the speck conformation of the adapter protein can leave as well, along with other key particles necessary for cell survival.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 July 2022
• Nasulin has been shown to protect cell membranes from damage, and is linked to better brain health, reduced risk of cancer, and healthier joints.
  — Molly Kimball, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Generally, the water within the plant’s cells freeze, and that ice can injure cell membranes, ultimately killing the plant.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
• Their cell membranes, for example, are made up of two different kinds of fatty molecules, known as lipids.
  — Prachi Patel, Scientific American, 13 July 2018
• Since the presence of a cell membrane is indicative of eukaryotes, and fat molecules tend to persist in rock, sterols have become the go-to molecular fossil for the group.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
• In the presence of bacteria like E. coli, copper releases reactive ions that punch holes in the cell membrane, invade, and then shred the DNA and proteins within.
  — Andrew Zaleski, STAT, 24 Sep. 2020
• They are made from human cell membranes plus a nanoparticle and are meant to be used in conjunction with antibiotics in critically ill patients, Field explained.
  — Cecilia.butini, Vox, 4 June 2024
• Furthermore, estrogen appears to have a stabilizing effect on cell membranes that might otherwise rupture from acute stress brought on by heat and exercise.
  — Cara Ocobock, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Oct 2024