pore-forming
Making membrane holes
Pore-forming describes substances or processes that create small holes or channels, typically in cell membranes.
The term appears most often in biology and biochemistry: pore-forming toxins punch holes in target cells, disrupting their function.
Pore-forming proteins can serve defensive or pathogenic purposes, allowing molecules to pass through otherwise impermeable barriers.
Placing something within
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- channelPassage for transmission
- perforationHole punched through something
- lysisCell membrane rupture
leakage · depolarization · osmotic · rupture · conformational · hydrophobic · assembly · multimerization
Thin tissue sheet
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
- mitochondriaCell's energy-producing organelles
- apoptosisProgrammed cell death
- necrosisLocalized cell death
cytotoxic · T-cell · macrophage · pathogen · complement
U.S. public health agency
- RTXNvidia graphics card line
- venomInjected animal poison
- bacterialOf or from germs
- pathogenicCausing disease
Biology's electrical activity science
- liposomeBilayer sphere for delivery
- conductanceEase of current flow
- reconstitutionRestoring original form
- nanoporeAtomic-scale aperture
sequencing · biosensor · crystallography · mutagenesis · recombinant · purification · assay · fluorescence
insertion
Placing something within
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- channelPassage for transmission
- perforationHole punched through something
lysis · leakage · depolarization · osmotic · rupture · conformational · hydrophobic · assembly · multimerization · spanning
membrane
Thin tissue sheet
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
- mitochondriaCell's energy-producing organelles
- apoptosisProgrammed cell death
necrosis · cytotoxic · T-cell · macrophage · pathogen · complement
CDC
U.S. public health agency
pathogenic · virulence · secreted · exotoxin
electrophysiology
Biology's electrical activity science
- liposomeBilayer sphere for delivery
- conductanceEase of current flow
- reconstitutionRestoring original form
nanopore · sequencing · biosensor · crystallography · mutagenesis · recombinant · purification · assay · fluorescence