“That’s a pretty big area, so if you’re trying to say that this really important protein you’ve found is on the inside of a membrane or on the outside of a membrane, it’s really hard to ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...

In recent years, the lipid raft hypothesis has changed how cell biologists view lipids and their contribution to membrane organization. Originally formulated in 1997 (ref. 1), it created ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place.

New progress in a long-standing debate about the nature of biological cell membranes could be made by considering which aspects of the membrane can be captured in simplified simulations.

A research team reports that molecules believed to be much too large to diffuse across the cell membrane can enter with help from a family of membrane proteins (Science 2022, DOI: 10.1126/science ...

Novel chemical tool for understanding membrane remodeling in the cell Date: May 3, 2024 Source: Umea University Summary: Researchers describe a natural product-like molecule, Tantalosin, that ...

The discovery that internal viscosity plays a crucial role in membrane behavior adds to the understanding of how cells function, with potential implications for biomedical applications such as drug ...