brush border

Sodium and water are transported across the brush border along with the sugars in this process.

Based on their appearance, groups of these microvilli are known collectively as the brush border.

"Structural and functional organization of an epithelial cell brush border".

In these cells the myosin-1a protein localizes specifically to the brush border.

Brush border of dough with 2 tablespoons vegetable oil.

Using a pastry brush, lightly brush border of each with water.

This creates a brush border which greatly increases the surface area for absoption.

Brush border cells are found in two main locations:

These cells have a brush border surface to increase their absorptive surface area, thus making them more efficient.

Brush border enzymes take over from there.

The most important brush border enzymes are dextrinase and glucoamylase which further break down oligosaccharides.

"Studies on the organization of the brush border in intestinal epithelial cells II.

Glucose binding to isolated intestinal brush borders and their subfractions".

The brush border morphology increases a cell's surface area, a trait which is especially useful in absorptive cells.

This occurs after the disruption of the tight junctions between endothelial cells that make up the brush border.

An irrelevant monoclonal antibody, J13, to human small intestinal brush border membranes served as a negative control.

The parasite is located in the brush border of the epithelial cells of the small intestine.

The brush borders of the intestinal lining are the site of terminal carbohydrate digestions.

It is involved in the regulation of microtubule-based cilia and actin-based brush border microvilli.

Other brush border enzymes are maltase, sucrase and lactase.

More recent investigations with rat jejunal brush border membrane vesicles, however, have found evidence only for passive transport.

Carboxypeptidase, which is a pancreatic brush border enzyme, splits one amino acid at a time.

Intestinal sodium-linked nutrient absorption would then be undetectable in brush border membrane vesicle studies.

The most distinctive characteristic of the proximal tubule is its brush border (or "striated border").

In the absence of sufficient bacteria, the bilirubin is de-conjugated by brush border β-glucuronidase and reabsorbed.