The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

Early experiments, often by physicists, led to the understanding that the cell membrane was lipid in nature. A key experiment using the Langmuir trough provided the basis for accepting that the ...

Researchers develop innovative phospholipids that improve the functional delivery of mRNA via lipid nanoparticles, paving the ...

Proteins interacting with cell membranes play a vital role in countless biological processes, from how cells communicate to how they respond to external signals like hormones or medications.

Cell membrane proteins hide secret gateways that can be used to modify cell behavior. This has been demonstrated in a study ...

A new study conducted by researchers at Hokkaido University has unveiled a novel class of zwitterionic phospholipids capable ...

Cell membrane proteins hide secret gateways ... Researchers were able to observe, at atomic scale and in real time, how membrane lipids interact with G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in their ...

The lipid nanoparticles that caused an immune response interacted with the cell membrane without disrupting its signaling function. The Whitehead Lab's multi-pronged approach uses both ...

This gives them a rigid structure. Supports and strengthens cell? Cell membrane Selectively permeable double layer of lipid and protein molecules? All cell types ? Fluid enclosed by the cell ...

Throwing new light into this domain, the NCBS scientists have proposed that Esyt possesses a C2 domain capable of binding and ...

Neurobiologists identify key protein Esyt linking calcium signaling to neurodegenerative diseases in cell membrane contact ...