Membrane structures are spatial structures made out of tensioned membranes. The structural use of membranes can be divided into pneumatic structures, tensile...

cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that...

tensile membrane structure is most often used as a roof, as they can economically and attractively span large distances. Tensile membrane structures may also...

synthetic membranes in industry are made of polymeric structures. They can be classified based on their surface chemistry, bulk structure, morphology...

eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi. Mitochondria have a double membrane structure and use aerobic respiration to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP)...

know the structure of a cell membrane or what its components were; biologists and other researchers used indirect evidence to identify membranes before...

In biology, membrane fluidity refers to the viscosity of the lipid bilayer of a cell membrane or a synthetic lipid membrane. Lipid packing can influence...

Membrane proteins are common proteins that are part of, or interact with, biological membranes. Membrane proteins fall into several broad categories depending...

Peripheral membrane proteins, or extrinsic membrane proteins, are membrane proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which...

thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules. These membranes form a continuous barrier around all cells. The cell membranes of almost all...

the lipid bilayer in several ways. Three-dimensional structures of ~160 different integral membrane proteins have been determined at atomic resolution by...

Semipermeable membrane is a type of synthetic or biologic, polymeric membrane that allows certain molecules or ions to pass through it by osmosis. The...

The otolithic membrane is a fibrous structure located in the vestibular system of the inner ear. It plays a critical role in the brain's interpretation...

physiology. Membrane bioelectrical impulses are described by the Hodgkin cycle. Membrane biophysics is the study of biological membrane structure and function...

chloroplasts also have internal membrane structures called thylakoids. Furthermore, one or two additional membranes may enclose chloroplasts in organisms...

particles. Membranes can be generally classified into synthetic membranes and biological membranes. Biological membranes include cell membranes (outer coverings...

plates, form-active structures such as cable or membrane structures, and hybrid structures.: 134–136  Load-bearing biological structures such as bones, teeth...

An air-supported (or air-inflated) structure is any building that derives its structural integrity from the use of internal pressurized air to inflate...

non-membrane bounded structures such as ribosomes is common and accepted.[verification needed] This has led many texts to delineate between membrane-bounded...

the cytoplasm, L. pneumophila inhibit organelle and plasma membrane function and structure which ultimately leads to osmotic lysis of the host cell. L...

fat (lipid), but the structure was still unknown. A series of pioneering experiments in 1925 indicated that this barrier membrane consisted of two molecular...

most durable materials used in tensile structures. Some notable structures featuring PTFE-tensioned membranes include The O2 Arena in London, Moses Mabhida...

gridshell structures, often in the form of a geodesic dome or a hyperboloid structure Membrane structures, which include fabric structures and other tensile...

Thus, thylakoid means "sac-like" or "pouch-like". Thylakoids are membrane-bound structures embedded in the chloroplast stroma. A stack of thylakoids is called...

mosaic model explains various characteristics regarding the structure of functional cell membranes. According to this biological model, there is a lipid bilayer...

Membrane curvature is the geometrical measure or characterization of the curvature of membranes. The membranes can be naturally occurring or man-made (synthetic)...

membrane curvature.Therefore, it is utilized as an important tool and model in understanding how proteins are both influenced by and affect membrane morphology...

mitochondrial membrane (IMM) is the mitochondrial membrane which separates the mitochondrial matrix from the intermembrane space. The structure of the inner...

plasma membrane is a concept of cell membrane structure suggesting that the fluid plasma membrane is compartmentalized by actin-based membrane-skeleton...

component of biological membranes in eukaryotic cells. They are a type of lipid, of which its composition affects membrane structure and properties. Two major...