These compounds affect cellular membrane function, in part by inducing lipid peroxidation and by causing lipid damage.

These mechanical properties affect how the membrane functions.

The sensitivity of yeast mutants to oleic acid implicates the peroxisome and other processes in membrane function.

The yeast gene ERG6 is required for normal membrane function but is not essential for biosynthesis of the cell-cycle-sparking sterol.

This structure allows defensins to insert into membranes, where they interact with one another to form pores that disrupt membrane function, leading to cell lysis.

The maintenance of membrane function is assumed to mean that cell activity is also maintained.

With the emergence of the lipid raft hypothesis, the role of cholesterol in membrane function became a focus of new research into exocytosis and endocytosis.

The interaction of integral proteins with the lipids inside membrane bilayer is of great importance for membrane function.

Nerve cells in particular, depend on healthy membrane function for normal neuro-transmitter metabolism and nerve signal transmission.

Proteins, which generally comprise about half the total mass of biomembranes, determine the specific membrane functions.