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membrane contact site: a standalone construct

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Cell biology

a close apposition between two organelle membranes that stays tethered without fusing and supports exchange.

In cell biology, membrane contact site refers to a close apposition between two organelle membranes that stays tethered without fusing and supports exchange. This meaning comes from Prinz (2019) in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.[1]

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References

Prinz, W. A., Toulmay, A., & Balla, T. (2019). The functional universe of membrane contact sites. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 21(1), 7-24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-019-0180-9

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