Guidebook to Protein Toxins and Their Use in Cell Biology (Guidebook Series (Oxford, England).)
Contributors: Rino Rappuoli (Editor); Cesare Montecucco (Editor)
Publisher: A Sambrook and Tooze Publication at Oxford University Press
Published: July 14, 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780198599548
First sentence: The first primordial function of the plasma membrane is to maintain all materials, from macromolecules to small solutes, selectively in the cell, i.e. the membrane is equipped in order to very selectively and efficiently regulate permeability.