Aquaporins are proteins that rapidly transport water across cell membranes while excluding salt. They are critical for maintaining the right balance of water inside and outside cells and for ...

Membrane-bound organelles were the textbook ... What I finally saw in those blobs opened my eyes to a whole new world of cell biology. To get a sense of what a biomolecular condensate looks ...

This takes place when molecules diffuse across the cell membrane by travelling through specific transport proteins. It occurs down a concentration gradient - molecules move from an area of high to ...

Alternatively, along the cells' resting membrane surface ... and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Cell Biology at the Yale School of Medicine, who is unrelated to this study, said, ...

Nervous necrosis virus typically enters host cells via endocytosis, but it can also enter via a process called macropinocytosis.

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The Brandeis Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) Program offers a uniquely collaborative, nurturing, supportive and close-knit community conducting internationally recognized research at the frontiers of ...

“This work challenges a major assumption of cell biology by showing that the plasma membrane, the flexible bilayer that surrounds the cell, can have drastically different phospholipid ...

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