Medical Definition of Membrane vesicle

1. Closed unilamellar shells formed from membranes either in physiological transport processes or else when membranes are mechanically disrupted. They form spontaneously when membrane is broken because the free ends of a lipid bilayer are highly unstable. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Membrane Vesicle

membrane expansion theory
membrane fluidity
membrane fracture
membrane fusion
membrane glycoproteins
membrane lipids
membrane mimetic chemistry
membrane of tympanum
membrane potential
membrane potentials
membrane protein
membrane proteins
membrane recycling
membrane separation
membrane transport
membrane vesicle (current term)
membrane zippering
membranectomy
membraned
membranelike
membranelle
membraneous
membranes
membraniferous
membraniform
membranocartilaginous
membranoid
membranology
membranolytic
membranophone

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