Steve Granick and colleagues 1 at the University of Illinois in Urbana report that nanoparticles can actively modulate the phase structure of lipid membranes so that the stiffness differs from ...

when not embedded in the lipid bilayer, though, membrane proteins usually lose their three-dimensional structure. A few membrane proteins are expressed in high-enough quantities to be collected ...

Cholesterol is one of the key molecules found in biomembranes, complex structures composed of proteins and lipids. It plays a crucial role in organizing the membrane and influencing the behavior ...

They found that some lipid structures, based on their nitrogen ... were interacting with lipids that are present on the cell ...

This gives them a rigid structure. Supports and strengthens cell? Cell membrane Selectively permeable double layer of lipid and protein molecules? All cell types ? Fluid enclosed by the cell ...