Scientists have found that an increase in water salinity in the cells of the marine diatom Nitzschia weakens the connections ...

Membrane pores, channels, and transporters are critical components in cellular physiology, playing essential roles in the regulation of ion and molecule passage across biological membranes. Despite ...

Northwestern University researchers have identified structural features in engineered cell receptors that correlate with ...

Electron microscopy images reveal crucial structures and mechanisms within the molecular machinery that certain bacteria use ...

Many cellular processes have important mechanochemical components. These include some obvious mechanical activities such as endocytosis, cell ... the membrane. Previous models of membrane ...

One key aspect of the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus lies in its ability to target the host cell membrane with a large number of membrane-damaging toxins and peptides. In this review, we describe ...

Protein translocation is an essential, nano-scale dynamic process that facilitates the movement of proteins across cellular ...

DHA is a structural component of your skin. It is responsible for the health of cell membranes, which make up a large part of your skin. EPA also benefits your skin in several ways, including ...

Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how sodium ions power bacterial flagellar motors, providing insights for ...

The structure and function of key prokaryotic cell structures. Prokaryotes have ribosomes but they are smaller and structurally simpler than those in eukaryotic cells. These non-membrane-bound ...

Endosomal recycling is a branch of intracellular membrane trafficking that retrieves endocytosed cargo proteins from early and late endosomes to prevent their degradatio ...