Lipid bilayers in mammalian membranes can have a more asymmetric composition than previously thought, new research shows.

Lipid bilayers in mammalian membranes can have a more asymmetric composition than previously thought, new research shows.

We are taught that plasma membranes are a typical lipid bilayer, but how do we know this, and who figured it out? Aa Aa Aa Most books mention that membranes have a typical "lipid bilayer," but why ...

(ii) Each leaflet of the cell's bilayer membranes has a different lipid composition and thus different phase behavior. Yet the separate determination of lipid compositions for each half of a ...

Lipid bilayer forms a water-impermeable barrier that defines the boundary of a cell and of specialized compartments within a cell. Membrane proteins are embedded in lipid bilayers and serve a wide ...

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We created novel artificial cells by encapsulating a riboswitch-gene fusion with wheat germ extract in liposomes. These non-living cells promoted the expression of a glowing protein encoded in the ...

Proteins interacting with cell membranes play a vital role in countless biological processes, from how cells communicate to ...

In contrast to organelles with a lipid bilayer membrane, membraneless structures are formed through a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation. When it comes to how and why cells create and use ...

Olivia Fiebig is a biophysical chemist interested in how the lipids and proteins in cell membranes impact biological processes ... Combining these two goals will allow us to optimize model lipid ...