Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike ...

Membrane proteins, such as receptors, ion channels, and transporters, comprise nearly 30% of all proteins in eukaryotic cells. They also constitute more than 50% of all drug targets.

In their research, Tsujita et al. used optical tweezers* to pull the cell surface membrane and analyse it, which enabled them to determine that cancer cells are comparatively softer than normal cells.

Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called ...

This article details the structure of prokaryotic cells with examples of prokaryotes. ... Cell membrane. ... Jogler C. “Candidatus Uabimicrobium helgolandensis”—a planctomycetal bacterium with ...

In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed ...

Membrane interface structure. The scientists looked at how 2 nm diameter gold nanoparticles, which either had cationic or anionic groups added to their surface, interacted with the model cell ...