phospholipid
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of phospholipid
Vocabulary lists containing phospholipid
Cell Biology - High School
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Nutrition and Digestion - High School
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PEDS1 is needed to produce plasmalogens, a specific type of membrane phospholipid that is especially abundant in myelin, the fatty coating that insulates nerve fibers.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 11, 2026
Their preclinical research, published December 22 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that replacing a missing phospholipid in the bloodstream could help restore normal brain blood flow and ease dementia-related symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 25, 2025
These channels facilitate water transportation across cells more rapidly than diffusion through the membrane phospholipid bilayer.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
A virion consists of a nucleic-acid core, an outer protein coating, and sometimes an outer envelope made of protein and phospholipid membranes derived from the host cell.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Peripheral proteins are found on the exterior or interior surfaces of membranes, attached either to integral proteins or to phospholipid molecules.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
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