Components and Structure of Cell Membranes
This text discusses the fluid mosaic model and membrane fluidity.
Topics
- active transport
- amphiphilic
- antiporter
- aquaporin
- carrier protein
- caveolin
- channel protein
- clathrin
- concentration gradient
- diffusion
- electrochemical gradient
- electrogenic pump
- endocytosis
- exocytosis
- facilitated transport
- fluid mosaic model
- glycolipid
- glycoprotein
- hydrophilic
- hydrophobic
- hypertonic
- hypotonic
- integral protein
- isotonic
- osmolarity
- osmosis
- passive transport
- peripheral protein
- pinocytosis
- plasmolysis
- potocytosis
- primary active transport
- pump
- receptor-mediated endocytosis
- secondary active transport
- selectively permeable
- solute
- symporter
- tonicity
- transport protein
- transporter
- uniporter
- membrane function
- membrane structure
- cell recognition
- Garth Nicholson
- Hugh Davson
- hydrophilic head
- hydrophobic tail
- immunologist
- integrin
- James Danielli
- membrane components
- membrane fluidity
- S. J. Singer
- plasma membrane