The phrase "an integral cell" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to biology, technology, or systems where a cell is considered essential or fundamental to the structure or function of a larger entity.
Example: "In the study of cellular biology, an integral cell plays a crucial role in maintaining the overall health of the organism."
Alternatives: "a vital cell" or "a key cell".
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is an integral cell membrane glycoprotein (~100 kDa) that is present on the surface of epithelial prostate cancer (PCa) cells [1].
For example, TLR4 recognizes LPS, an integral cell wall component of Gram-negative bacteria [3], [4], [5], TLR2 recognizes peptidoglycan [6], [7] and bacterial lipoproteins [8], [9], [10], and TLR3 recognizes double stranded RNA (dsRNA), which is produced by many viruses during replication [11].
CD4+ T-helper cells are an integral cell type in the adaptive immune response.
CD44, an integral cell membrane glycoprotein, plays an important role in adhesion and migration [ 6].
CD44 is an integral cell membrane glycoprotein involved in cell-cell interaction [ 42].
This loss of E-cadherin, an integral cell to cell adhesion protein, correlates with a dramatic increase in cells going through EMT [ 12, 13].
CD49f gene encodes an integral cell-surface protein that has been proposed to play a role in cell adhesion as well as in cell-surface mediated signaling.
This allows an easy dissociation from the culture dish as a continuous integral cell layer.
Interleukin-2 (IL2) was originally described as an integral T cell growth factor necessary for activation and expansion of T cell populations in vitro and in vivo.
The dynamic random access memory (DRAM) has become as an integral memory cell in the mobile and computing system [1 3].
Conflicting research has identified METCAM/MUC18, an integral membrane cell adhesion molecule (CAM) in the Ig-like gene super-family, as both a tumor promoter and a tumor suppressor in the development of breast cancer.
