Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike prokaryotes, ...
A new imaging approach is shedding light on one of cell biology’s most elusive questions: how lipids are organized and sorted within membranes.
Cells are not isolated units; they continuously exchange proteins, genetic material, and even entire organelles with their ...
Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular processes can create voltage spikes similar to those used by neurons. These ...
A new study by Professor José Villalaín, Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), provides a detailed description of how nymphaeol A—a compound ...
Stockholm University and SciLifeLab research uncovers how glucose transporters achieve specificity, bridging a long-standing ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Specialized compartments within cells carry out specific functions. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images ...
No one saw the blob takeover coming. In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying ...
Researchers at Umeå University have contributed new insights into how cancer cells protect themselves from cell death. The ...