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Researchers have discovered how unstructured segments of surface proteins regulate the biological function of a cell. Their ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

AMES, Iowa – Nature has figured out how to make great membranes. Biological membranes let the right stuff into cells while keeping the wrong stuff out. And, as researchers noted in a paper just ...

A research team led by Prof. DANG Shangyu from the Division of Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and ...

Our bodies are made up of countless cells, and each one is enclosed by a thin layer called the cell membrane. This membrane is not a rigid wall, but a soft, flexible sheet made of lipids. Beneath it ...

The cell membrane is the cell's outermost line of defense against SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 disease. Cell membranes are just a few nanometers thick but are essential ...

CD3 (including its subunits CD3ε, CD3δ, CD3γ, and CD3ζ) is the central component of the TCR-CD3 complex and is crucial for recognizing T cells and responding to antigens. Every subunit of CD3 has ...

New research into antimicrobial peptides, small chains of amino acids able to damage bacterial cells, shows why some peptides are more effective at doing that and also why some cells are more ...

Vesicles are small cellular containers. They perform a variety of functions, such as helping to transport materials that an organism needs to survive and recycle waste materials. There are several ...