Cell structure Description Function Cell type Cell wall Freely permeable layer surrounding cell membrane. The cell wall of plant cells is made from cellulose. This gives them a rigid structure.

But understanding the structure and interactions of cholesterol ... implications for understanding diseases related to cell membrane function, particularly cancer, where membrane organization ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, King's College London and the University of Fribourg have developed polymer water ...

Our interests are in exploring the structure and biochemistry of protein complexes ... Our goal is to integrate our structural discoveries into a mechanistic understanding of protein function at high ...

Cell membrane proteins hide secret gateways that ... to uncover the mechanisms used by these proteins to regulate cell function. So far, researchers have confirmed that beyond the known access ...

Cell membrane proteins hide secret gateways that can be used to modify cell behavior. This has been demonstrated in a study led by the Hospital del Mar Research Institute and published in Nature ...

A team of Chinese researchers led by Prof. WANG Likun from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has provided new insights into metabolic disease mechanisms and potential ...