Medical Definition of Intramembranous particle
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| Particles (or complementary pits) seen in freeze fractured membranes. The cleavage plane is through the centre of the bilayer and the particles are usually assumed to represent Integral membrane proteins (or polymers of such proteins).
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Intramembranous Particle
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