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  2. T-tubule - Wikipedia

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    T-tubules (transverse tubules) are extensions of the cell membrane that penetrate into the center of skeletal and cardiac muscle cells.With membranes that contain large concentrations of ion channels, transporters, and pumps, T-tubules permit rapid transmission of the action potential into the cell, and also play an important role in regulating cellular calcium concentration.

  3. Tubule - Wikipedia

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    T tubule: transverse intracellular tubules invaginating from the cell membrane and surrounding the myofibrils of the T system of skeletal and cardiac muscle, serving as a pathway for the spread of electrical excitation within a muscle cell; Trachea: tubules forming the respiratory system of most insects and many arachnids

  4. Active transport - Wikipedia

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    In plants, ABC transporters are often found within cell and organelle membranes, such as the mitochondria, chloroplast, and plasma membrane. There is evidence to support that plant ABC transporters play a direct role in pathogen response, phytohormone transport, and detoxification. [ 15 ]

  5. Turgor pressure - Wikipedia

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    Along with size, rigidity of the cell is also caused by turgor pressure; a lower pressure results in a wilted cell or plant structure (i.e. leaf, stalk). One mechanism in plants that regulate turgor pressure is the cell's semipermeable membrane, which allows only some solutes to travel in and out of the cell, maintaining a minimum pressure.

  6. What is interest? Definition, how it works and examples - AOL

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    With simple interest, your interest rate payments are added into your monthly payments, but the interest doesn’t compound. For example, a five-year loan of $1,000 with simple interest of 5 ...

  7. Cav1.1 - Wikipedia

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    It senses the voltage change caused by the end-plate potential from nervous stimulation and propagated by sodium channels as action potentials to the T-tubules. It was previously thought that when the muscle depolarises, the calcium channel opens, allowing calcium in and activating RyR1, which mediates much greater calcium release from the ...

  8. Sieve tube element - Wikipedia

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    In plant anatomy, there are two main types of sieve elements. Companion cells and sieve cells originate from meristems, which are tissues that actively divide throughout a plant's lifetime. They are similar to the development of xylem, a water conducting tissue in plants whose main function is also transportation in the plant vascular system. [1]

  9. Fixed vs. variable interest rates: How these rate types work ...

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    Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, or TIPS, also pay out interest that functionally works like a variable rate. Technically, the interest rate on a TIPS is fixed at no less than 0.125%, but ...