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 ...

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 ...

Proteins interacting with cell membranes play a vital role in countless biological processes, from how cells communicate to ...

Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.

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 ...

Cell-free systems, which can express an easily detectable protein with a DNA or mRNA template without constraints of living ...

In contrast to organelles with a lipid bilayer membrane, membraneless structures are formed through a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation. When it comes to how and why cells create and use ...

Image Credit: ART-ur/Shutterstock.com The plasma membrane is the outer layer of a cell, separating it from its environment and regulating molecular exchange. It consists of a lipid bilayer with ...

By investigating how lipid-soluble Cer is transported between cells, the researchers demonstrated that high-density lipoprotein (HDL) serves as the primary carrier for Cer transport. Upon reaching ...

Olivia Fiebig is a biophysical chemist interested in how the lipids and proteins in cell membranes impact biological processes ... Combining these two goals will allow us to optimize model lipid ...

The shape and morphology of a cell play a key role in the biological ... lipid membranes in synthetic cells. These membranes ...

We created novel artificial cells by encapsulating a riboswitch-gene fusion with wheat germ extract in liposomes. These non-living cells promoted the expression of a glowing protein encoded in the ...