We are taught that plasma membranes are a typical lipid bilayer, but how do we know this, and who figured it out? Aa Aa Aa Most books mention that membranes have a typical "lipid bilayer," but why ...

Glycerophospholipids are by far the most abundant lipids in cell membranes ... proteins are associated with the membrane but are not inserted into the bilayer. Rather, they are usually bound ...

Lipid bilayer forms a water-impermeable barrier that defines the boundary of a cell and of specialized compartments within a cell. Membrane proteins are embedded in lipid bilayers and serve a wide ...

The shape and morphology of a cell play a key role in the biological function. This corresponds to the principle of "form ...

Scientists have succeeded in controlling the structure and function of biological membranes with the help of 'DNA origami'. The system they developed may facilitate the transportation of large ...

PDAT enzymes use membrane phospholipids as direct fatty acid donors to generate triglycerides stored in lipid droplets. This ...

Scientists develop DNA nanorobots capable of modifying artificial cells. Scientists at the University of Stuttgart have ...

The viral envelop or capsid protein subsequently converts these cell surfaces into soluble lipid bilayer particles ... a synthetic phospholipid bilayer membrane structure. After the detergent ...

Membrane proteins are key targets for therapeutic intervention using antibody biologics. Over 60% of FDA-approved drugs act ...

Protein aggregation is typical of various neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and prion diseases such as Creutzfeld-Jakob disease. A research team has now used new in vitro and ...