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What is a plasma membrane?

What is a plasma membrane? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (cytology) The semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell.
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Vimentin fibers terminate at the nuclear membrane and at desmosomes, or adhesion plaques, on the plasma membrane.
The antigen was more abundant in the zone adjacent to the plasma membrane than in the zone closer to the external wall surface.
Once inside the plant, an infolded plasma membrane forms around the bacterium to produce an infection thread.
Also, formation of endocytotic vesicles at the plasma membrane involves proteins that can severely bend membranes.
The catalytic domain faces the exterior of the plasma membrane and is anchored by a transmembrane-spanning domain.
In places the fine filaments run on top of the thicker filaments, and are thus closer to the plasma membrane.

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