| Range |
~3,600 μm^2
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| Organism |
Metazoa animals |
| Reference |
Sheetz, M. P., Sable, J. E., and Dobereiner, H. G., Continuous membranecytoskeleton adhesion requires continuous accommodation to lipid and cytoskeleton dynamics. Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct 35, 417 (2006). p.419 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID16689643
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| Primary Source |
Steinman RM, Mellman IS, Muller WA, Cohn ZA. 1983. Endocytosis and the recycling of plasma membrane. J. Cell Biol. 96: 1–27PubMed ID6298247
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| Comments |
"When considering how cells control their
morphology and yet maintain the continuous
covering of the plasma membrane, it is clear
that the membrane must be flexible and dynamic. Previous measurements indicate that
the amount of membrane endocytosed every
hour is equivalent to the area of the cell plasma
membrane, which is an endocytosis rate of
about 1µm^2/sec
for a normal fibroblast (surface area of about 3600µm^2) (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110899 |