Exoplasmic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That faces away from the cytoplasm. not-comparable
"Mβ is a water-soluble cyclic heptasaccharide that binds cholesterol and can extract cholesterol from the exoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane by harboring cholesterol in a hydrophobic cavity [35 ,38 ,39 ]."
Example
More examples"Mβ is a water-soluble cyclic heptasaccharide that binds cholesterol and can extract cholesterol from the exoplasmic leaflet of the plasma membrane by harboring cholesterol in a hydrophobic cavity [35 ,38 ,39 ]."
Etymology
From exo- + plasmic.
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