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| Stabilize and decrease movement of phospholipids. |
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| Bind to water-soluble molecules and carry it through the plasma membrane. |
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| Attach to integral proteins or phospholipids. Functions: enzymes, receptors, support filaments, motor proteins, and attach cells to eachother. |
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| A site on the outside of a cell that fits a specific shape of a chemical messenger. How cells communicate to carry out biological processes. |
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| Made of glycoproteins and glycolipids. Carbohydrates form distinct cellular markers that allow cells to recognize each other. |
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| Energy comes from ATP. Causes the protein to change shape so it pumps the solute across the membrane. |
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| Fluids containing large particles and macromolecules are transported across cellular membranes inside membranous sacs. |
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| A general term for various types of active transport that move particles into a cell by enclosing them into vesicle. |
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| Helps protect the body by getting rid of bacteria, foreign substances, and dead tissue. |
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| Engulfs the particle by forming pseudopods (false feet) around it and enclosing it with a membrane sac called a phagosome. |
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| Cell takes in small amounts of extracellular fluid to get surrounding nutrients and molecules. |
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| Receptor-mediated Endocytosis |
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| Receptor proteins on cell surface are used to capture a target molecule. |
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| Importance of Receptor-mediated Endocytosis |
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| Allow cells to take up large amount of molecules that are relatively rare in the extracellular fluid. |
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| Vesicular transport process that ejects substances from the cell interior to the extracellular fluid. |
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