Most animal cells release materials into the extracellular space, creating a complex meshwork of proteins and carbohydrates called the extracellular matrix (ECM).

And it is true that the extracellular matrix, the collagen fibers and other things that we find there help attach the cells and structure the cells into tissues.

The principal components of the plasma membrane are lipids (phospholipids and cholesterol), proteins, and carbohydrate groups that are attached to some of the lipids and proteins.

The cell wall of plant cells is a type of extracellular matrix. In animals, the ECM can surround cells as fibrils that contact the cells on all sides, or as a sheet called the basement membrane that …

The different components that make up blood. Plasma, white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets.

Now when we think about the extracellular matrix for a plant cell, we also think about, there's some other components that are involved in the actual cell wall, and so the cell wall is a key …

And we're going to say that this can be the outside environment or the extracellular, and this can be the inside or the intracellular. So you'll notice that the cell membrane has these …

Cooper, G.M. (2000). Cell walls and the extracellular matrix. In The cell: a molecular approach (2nd ed.). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates. Disponível em …

Connective tissue consists of cells suspended in an extracellular matrix. In most cases, the matrix is made up of protein fibers like collagen and fibrin in a solid, liquid, or jellylike ground substance.

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