Sentences with phrase «nearby cell membranes»

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If the cell suspects that a signal gradient is nearby, it assembles the multitool at a random position on the membrane.

This wasn't as fast as the researchers would have liked, but during these studies, they discovered that when a cell is squeezed through a narrow tube, small holes open in the cell membrane, allowing nearby molecules to diffuse into the cell.

Upon insult to the intestine, zonulin is released from epithelial cells, where it can act locally on receptors on the apical (lumen - facing) membrane of nearby cells.