Chinese scientists have developed a breakthrough process that significantly improves the efficiency and environmental ...

Polymeric membranes are widely used in separation technologies due to their low cost and easily scalable fabrication. However ...

This valuable manuscript investigates the localisation of nutrient receptors in bloodstream stage trypanosomes, with implications for both nutrient uptake and immune evasion. Results after direct ...

Just as folds are important in the ancient art of origami, they are also vital for the function of many proteins. Mutations ...

This important study presents a compelling theoretical framework for understanding phase separation of membrane-bound proteins, with a focus on the organization of tight junction components. By ...

The advantages to cell-derived membrane vesicles are multiple ... Next, the supernatant was supplemented with 10% glycerol to prevent aggregation and sonicated with a probe sonicator (Branson, 1/2” ...

Lipids into fatty acids and glycerol, etc. Lysosomes digest materials taken up by the cell through endocytosis (engulfing of particles or molecules by the cell membrane) or phagocytosis (engulfing of ...

The roadway is in aquaporins, a class of proteins that form trans-membrane channels in cell walls in all forms of life. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- For a glycerol molecule, a measly angstrom'sdifference in ...

Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, United States Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas ...

Lipids, the molecular building blocks of the cell membrane, are unique for each microbial species ... it was unclear precisely which bacteria were making these specific lipids, called branched ...

Nevertheless, increasing research is focused on the mechanical characteristics of cells, their molecular components, and their sub-cellular organelles. 10 The study of lipid membrane ...