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transmembrane

transmembrane

English

A transmembrane receptor.

Adjective

transmembrane (not comparable)

  1. (biology) traversing a cellular membrane
  2. of or pertaining to a transmembrane protein or segment

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Noun

transmembrane (plural transmembranes)

  1. (cytology) a transmembrane protein, or the transmembrane portion of a protein

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