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Term:plasma membrane
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Definition:The membrane surrounding a cell that separates the cell from its external environment. It consists of a phospholipid bilayer and associated proteins.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: cell membrane;   cytoplasmic membrane;   plasmalemma
 narrow_synonym: bacterial inner membrane;   inner endospore membrane;   plasma membrane lipid bilayer
 broad_synonym: juxtamembrane
 alt_id: GO:0005904
 xref_analog: NIF_Subcellular:sao1663586795;   Wikipedia:Cell_membrane
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3-phenylpropionate dioxygenase complex
annulate lamellae 
apical complex +
apical part of cell + 
ascus epiplasm
ascus membrane
aspartate carbamoyltransferase complex
basal labyrinth
basal part of cell + 
basal ring of apical complex
CD20-Lck-Fyn complex
CD20-Lck-Lyn-Fyn complex
cell body + 
cell cortex + 
cell division site + 
cell division site part + 
cell envelope Sec protein transport complex
cell leading edge + 
cell periphery + 
cell pole + 
cell projection + 
cell projection part + 
cell septum +
cell septum part +
cell surface + 
cellular bud +
coated membrane + 
coated pit + 
compact myelin + 
contractile ring + 
cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase complex
cytoophidium
dimethyl sulfoxide reductase complex
Dxr protein complex
eisosome +
endomembrane system + 
ensheathing process +
envelope + 
external encapsulating structure + 
external encapsulating structure part + 
Flemming body 
formate dehydrogenase complex
germ tube +
HICS complex
inner membrane complex
intracellular + 
intracellular immature spore +
intracellular part + 
lateral loop 
lateral part of motile cell
longitudinal side of cell surface
membrane part + 
methane monooxygenase complex
midbody + 
molybdopterin synthase complex 
myelin sheath + 
myelin sheath abaxonal region 
myelin sheath adaxonal region 
neck portion of tanycyte
neuron part + 
NHE3/E3KARP/ACTN4 complex
nitrate reductase complex
nitrite reductase complex [NAD(P)H]
nuclear outer membrane-endoplasmic reticulum membrane network + 
organelle membrane + 
outer membrane + 
pellicle +
perikaryon 
periplasmic space + 
photoreceptor disc membrane 
photoreceptor inner segment + 
photoreceptor inner segment membrane 
photoreceptor outer segment membrane 
photosynthetic membrane +
plant extracellular matrix
plasma membrane + 
The membrane surrounding a cell that separates the cell from its external environment. It consists of a phospholipid bilayer and associated proteins.
plasma membrane part + 
polar ring of apical complex
polar tube
polyphosphate kinase complex
pre-autophagosomal structure membrane 
presynaptic active zone dense projection
presynaptic grid
prospore membrane +
prospore membrane leading edge
prospore membrane spindle pole body attachment site
protein serine/threonine phosphatase complex + 
retromer complex + 
retromer complex, inner shell
retromer complex, outer shell
rhoptry +
rhoptry lumen
rhoptry membrane
riboflavin synthase complex
Schmidt-Lanterman incisure 
site of polarized growth + 
sperm individualization complex +
sperm part + 
spitzenkorper
stereocilia ankle link complex 
stereocilia coupling link + 
synaptic membrane + 
tail portion of tanycyte
trailing edge + 
trimethylamine-N-oxide reductase complex
tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter complex
type I protein secretion system complex
type II protein secretion system complex
type III protein secretion system complex
type IV secretion system complex
type V protein secretion system complex
type VI protein secretion system complex
vesicle membrane + 
virion membrane
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