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Membrane e trasporto cellulare

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A key characteristic of life is the ability to separate the external environment from the internal space. To do this, cells have evolved semi-permeable ...

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Fluidità di membrana

Cell membranes are composed of phospholipids, proteins, and carbohydrates loosely attached to one another through chemical interactions. Molecules are ...

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Il modello a mosaico fluido

The fluid mosaic model was first proposed as a visual representation of research observations. The model comprises the composition and dynamics of ...

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Cos'è un gradiente elettrochimico?

Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is considered the primary energy source in cells. However, energy can also be stored in the electrochemical gradient of an ...

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Diffusione

Diffusion is the passive movement of substances down their concentration gradients—requiring no expenditure of cellular energy. Substances, such as ...

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Osmosi

Approximately 60% to 95% of the weight of living organisms is attributed to water. Therefore, maintaining appropriate water balance within cells is of ...

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Tonicità negli animali

The tonicity of a solution determines if a cell gains or loses water in that solution. The tonicity depends on the permeability of the cell membrane for ...

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Tonicità nelle piante

Tonicity describes the capacity of a cell to lose or gain water. It depends on the quantity of solute that does not penetrate the membrane. Tonicity ...

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Interazioni tra proteine

The cell membrane, or plasma membrane, is an ever-changing landscape. It is described as a fluid mosaic where various macromolecules are embedded in the ...

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Trasporto facilitato

The chemical and physical properties of plasma membranes cause them to be selectively permeable. Since plasma membranes have both hydrophobic and ...

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Trasporto attivo primario

In contrast to passive transport, active transport involves a substance being moved through membranes in a direction against its concentration or ...

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Trasporto attivo secondario

One example of how cells use the energy contained in electrochemical gradients is demonstrated by glucose transport into cells. The ion vital to this ...

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Endocitosi mediata da recettore

Overview Receptor-mediated endocytosis is a process through which bulk amounts of specific molecules can be imported into a cell after binding to cell ...

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Pinocitosi

Cells use energy-requiring bulk transport mechanisms to transfer large particles, or large amounts of small particles, into or out of the cell. The cells ...

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Fagocitosi

Cells pull particles inward and engulf them in spherical vesicles in an energy-requiring process called endocytosis. Phagocytosis (“cellular eating”) ...

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Esocitosi

Exocytosis is used to release material from cells. Like other bulk transport mechanisms, exocytosis requires energy. While endocytosis takes particles ...