Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells, which form a barrier that defends the body from the outside ...

Importantly, we aim to probe membrane protein structure and function in more native environments, thereby bridging gaps in knowledge between in vitro studies and in vivo models. Zhu, Q., Yaggi, M.F., ...

The macromolecular organization of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts has been a topic of significant debate. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, this ...

Traditionally, detergent micelles (a monolayer) have been used to evaluate membrane protein dynamics. However, their less rigid structure relative to the more biologically relevant lipid nanodisc ...

In LLPS, liquid condensates—or membrane-less organelles—that are enriched in specific protein-protein or protein ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Scientists from Germany and Italy have uncovered details of the protective layer that surrounds the fine protrusions of cells ...

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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 ...