If you have a well in your home, keep a close eye on the color of the water, which may tell you plenty about what might go on down under. If your well water turns an eerie blue or blue-greenish color, you have a problem related to either copper or zinc from bronze fixtures.
67 MembraneStructure andFunction Chapter Concepts 4.1 Plasma Membrane Structure and Function â¢ The plasma membrane regulates the passage ofmolecules into and out of the cell. 68â¢ The membrane contains lipids and proteins.
For example, plasma membrane proteins carry out functions as diverse as ferrying nutrients across the plasma membrane, receiving chemical signals from outside the cell, translating chemical signals into intracellular action, and sometimes anchoring the cell in a particular location (Figure 4).