The phrase "alter cell surface" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in scientific or medical contexts when discussing changes or modifications to the outer layer of cells.
Example: "Researchers are investigating how certain compounds can alter cell surface properties to improve drug delivery."
Alternatives: "modify cell membrane" or "change cell exterior".
Instead, Ecs deficiency was found to alter cell surface.
In particular, we hypothesized that deletion of the F. graminearum barA homologue BAR1 would alter cell surface organization and hence disturb plant infection.
For the present study, we further examined whether PSD-95 could alter cell surface levels of ApoEr2 in primary hippocampal neurons.
The ability of surfactants to promote bacterial motility and alter cell surface charge [50], [51] could also help to release bacteria from biofilms.
To determine whether the GLUT4-translocating activity of serum was due to the presence of factors that have previously been shown to alter cell surface GLUT4 levels or glucose transport under certain conditions, we tested platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF; [33]), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1; [34]), and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF; [35]) in our cell system (Figure S3).
C16 ceramide treatment did not alter cell surface Fas protein level.
In the absence of Ecs, significant changes occur in the cell wall, as evidenced by increased autolysis and sensitivity to lysostaphin, altered cell surface texture as well as decreased levels of cell wall proteins.
Furthermore, cells bearing the alg7 hypomorphic allele display a "clumping" phenotype, suggesting altered cell surface properties and increased adhesion (Mendelsohn et al. 2005).
In particular, both infection efficiency and development of exo-erythrocytic forms (EEFs) can be perturbed by altering cell surface oxygen concentrations.
Viral expression of permanently active or inactive rab11 respectively altered cell surface expression of Glut3 with no effect on overall expression levels of Glut3 protein.
Studies on solid tumors such as breast cancer, or on tumor infiltrating immune cells, are also possible if appropriate processing techniques are used to generate single-cell suspensions without altering cell surface receptor expression.
