Membranes â¢ Provide barrier function â Extracellular â Organelles â¢ Barrier can be overcome by âtransport proteinsâ â To mediate transmembrane movements of ions, Na + , K + â Nutrients, glucose, amino acids etc. â Water (aquaporins).
Boron is a chemical element with symbol B and atomic number 5. Produced entirely by cosmic ray spallation and supernovae and not by stellar nucleosynthesis, it is a low-abundance element in the Solar system and in the Earth's crust.
Boron family of elements contains five elements namely boron, aluminum, gallium, indium and thallium. Except boron which is classified as a non metal all other elements of this group are metals. The general electronic configuration of these elements is ns 2 np 1.