(thing) by BioTech Tue Feb 04 2003 at 23:16:21

A protein embedded in the cell membrane which is part of a structure that determines what particle sizes and/or charges are allowed to diffuse into the cell.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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