Chapter 5
Membrane Structure, Synthesis, and Transport
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Parts
- 1What membranes are made of5 min
- 2How membrane molecules move4 min
- 3What controls membrane fluidity4 min
- 4How cells make membrane lipids4 min
- 5Membrane proteins and their sugars5 min
- 6How substances cross membranes5 min
- 7Osmosis and water balance4 min
- 8Channels and transporters5 min
- 9Pumps and active transport5 min
- 10Exocytosis and endocytosis4 min
Key terms
- phospholipid bilayer
- fluid-mosaic model
- glycolipid
- glycoprotein
- transmembrane protein
- lipid-anchored protein
- integral membrane protein
- peripheral membrane protein
- flippase
- glycosylation
- selective permeability
- simple diffusion
- facilitated diffusion
- passive transport
- active transport
- concentration gradient
- electrochemical gradient
- osmosis
- isotonic
- hypertonic
- hypotonic
- osmotic lysis
- crenation
- plasmolysis
- channel
- aquaporin
- transporter
- uniporter
- symporter
- antiporter
- pump
- primary active transport
- secondary active transport
- sodium-potassium pump
- electrogenic pump
- exocytosis
- endocytosis
- receptor-mediated endocytosis
- pinocytosis
- phagocytosis