BI110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Integral Membrane Protein, Lipid Bilayer, Cell Membrane

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Providing a barrier (separating the inside and outside of the cell) Impermeable to most molecules and ions: ability to exchange some molecules/ion between compartments. Insoluble in water - if it dissolved no barrier would be present: permeable to water - has to allow water to get across the membrane, membrane has receptors that sense environment (chemicals, hormone etc. ) Will receive information and create a cellular response. Function of membrane: boundary and permeability barrier, organization and localization of function, transport processes, signal detection, cell to cell interaction. Protecting the cell: protects the content of the cytoplasm, protects cells by controlling the materials that move into and out of the cells, maintains the cell"s structure, plasma membrane binds to the cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix. Help to maintain the cells shape like the poles of a tent. Controlling the cell"s cytoplasmic contents: selectively permeable - some types of materials can cross without assistance and other types cannot.

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