Sentence examples for membrane domains called from inspiring English sources

Through this process, it is also involved in the formation of highly ordered nano-scale membrane domains called lipid rafts [5], [6] which play an important role in numerous cellular functions [7].

- Polarization of cells relies on the asymmetric localization of proteins to specialized plasma membrane domains called cell junctions.

TLR2 and TLR4 signaling necessitates their recruitment to the CD14-dependent innate immunity receptor cluster, located in cholesterol-rich membrane domains called lipid rafts (Schmitz & Orso, 2002).

This discussion particularly focuses on the roles that the cellular membranes, and especially membrane domains called lipid rafts, play in these processes.

It is thought that signaling events taking place in immune cells including neutrophils occur in specialized membrane domains called lipid rafts.

Another major advance in our understanding is the recognition of the existence of special membrane domains called rafts, small regions of detergent-resistant complexes in the membrane [ 33] enriched in glycosphingolipids and cholesterol, defined as a liquid-ordered phase in the membrane.

In Drosophila epithelial cells, this complex localizes to the apical region of the lateral membrane domain, called subapical region (SAR) or marginal zone (Knust and Bossinger 2002), that is positionally analogous to the TJs in vertebrate epithelial cells.

Moreover, sphingomyelin is known to associate with cholesterol in biological membranes to form domains called "lipid rafts" (Simons and Ikonen 1997).

Aβ peptides are targeted to cholesterol-rich membrane micro-domains called lipid rafts.

The anti-prion effect of such drugs is attributed to cholesterol depletion affecting the formation of specialised membrane micro-domains called lipid rafts [ 7].

Recently, it was shown that Cx43 at the plasma membrane is localised in specialised domains called cavoelae [ 12].