Extracellular space
Extracellular space refers to the part of a
intracellular space
, which is inside the cells.
The composition of the extracellular space includes
cell receptors
.
In
intracellular
(inside the cell).
According to the Gene Ontology, the extracellular space is a cellular component defined as: "That part of a multicellular organism outside the cells proper, usually taken to be outside the plasma membranes, and occupied by fluid. For multicellular organisms, the extracellular space refers to everything outside a cell, but still within the organism (excluding the extracellular matrix). Gene products from a multi-cellular organism that are secreted from a cell into the interstitial fluid or blood can therefore be annotated to this term".[1]
The composition of the extracellular space includes
[2].[3]
References
- ^ Extracellular Space by Gene Ontology database (EMBL-EBI)
- PMID 20551380..
- PMID 7634473. Archived from the originalon 2008-02-14.