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 ...

A problem with complex mixtures Immediately, we run into a problem: biological membranes contain hundreds of chemically distinct lipid components that form the actual bilayer membrane. The most ...

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 ...

Hand sanitizer isn't as effective as handwashing at preventing the spread of norovirus, doctors and the CDC warn.

They found that the cells can survive on a "diet" of just two lipids: cholesterol and another so-called bilayer-forming lipid, phosphatidylcholine. "These two lipids are not necessarily the only ...

The measles virus is an enveloped virus bearing a lipid bilayer. The bilayer holds the receptor binding hemagglutinin (H) protein and the fusion (F) protein. For infection to happen, the H protein ...

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