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apical membrane
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apical membrane,
the layer of plasma membrane on the apical side (the side toward the lumen) of the epithelial cells in a body tube or cavity, separated from the basolateral membrane by the zonula occludens.


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Furthermore, the vector can introduce genes to not only apical surfaces but also submucosal glands where CFTR primarily expresses.
Distension of the ureter is facilitated by the highly folded plasma membrane on the apical surfaces of the large dome cells.
We pipetted the inoculum or HBSS without virus (control) onto the apical surface of each culture.
 
 
 
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