Talk:Cell membrane

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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) Fluid mosaic model should get the top importance rating; it currently redirects here, which is not completely correct as it applies to biological membranes and not just the plasmalemma - tameeria 17:13, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

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CLEAN UP AND EXPAND "FUNCTIONS". Movement of substances across the membrane (mechanisms, overview, link to relevant articles) Expand on the role of each class of membrane lipid. Expand on the role of the cytoskeleton. Expand on the structure of proteins within and on the membrane: Cell communication proteins (antigens, cell-cell receptors, etc.) with examples Domain motifs (these are described only briefly as wikilinks) Membrane protein examples Diagram of integral vs. peripheral vs. lipid-anchored protein Cell adhesion complexes (desmosomes, tight junctions, etc.)

Contents 1 Caveolae 2 Transport 3 Artificial outer membranes 4 Structure of biological membranes 5 Fluid mosaic model

[edit] Caveolae

Can someone well-versed on this topic incorporate Caveolae into this article? Kingturtle 00:08 May 14, 2003 (UTC)

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I think it's worth having a separate article; research in the field is ongoing and the caveolae article could potentially expand considerably. It should be linked from here, though; it it? I'll check. --Chinasaur 00:39, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Transport

I can't do it right now, but someone should add a section to this article about: 1) junctions between the cell membrane (i.e. desmosomes, tight junctions, hemidesmosomes, etc.) 2) all three transports (right now there are only two - all three are simple, facilitated, and active).

I also can't do it right now, but someone should add a section on apical and basolateral membrane, and redirects too. --Eleassar777 14:34, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Artificial outer membranes

I added today an article about polymersomes and checked out the liposome article. Both are currently stubs. I don't have the expertise required to write about them beyond what I already wrote (and that's not much and probably lacking in various aspects) but it would be nice if someone qualified could write them.

Link to this article should be added as well, as should links to them be added to this article. I'd also be very pleased if someone could start an article about artificial cells. --Khokkanen 10:34, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Structure of biological membranes

This needs to be improved. I inserted a few phrases, please fell free to edit anything. Note that biological membranes include carbohydrate component, in addition to lipids and proteins. Biophys 02:45, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fluid mosaic model

Fluid mosaic model redirects here. I think it might be better to add that topic to biological membrane though, for the simple reasion that it is more general while this article is the more specific case. A cell has other membranes besides its plasma membrane, but the lipid bilayer/fluid mosaic model applies to all of them. - tameeria 04:24, 9 March 2007 (UTC)