A plasma membrane is permeable to specific molecules that a cell needs. Transport proteins in the cell membrane allow for selective passage of specific molecules from the external environment.
In a new Nature Communications study, scientists have developed a novel method for artificial cells to interact with their ...
Caltech researchers have developed a new method to map the positions of hundreds of DNA-associated proteins within cell ...
The protein is a cation-chloride cotransporter (CCC), and these are present in all cellular life forms. Some CCCs are able to ...
Using mouse neurons as a model, the scientists showed that APP serves as an attachment point for a molecular motor called kinesin, which transports packets of protein from the main cell body along the ...
So how does protein synthesis make hair? If you've looked at the activity (or even the text version of the activity), you know how a section of DNA instructs a cell how to make a protein.
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 ...
Westlake University in China and the California Institute of Technology have designed a protein-based system inside living ...
Cells are microscopic building blocks of unicellular and multicellular living organisms. Animal, plant, fungal and bacterial cells are different in terms of structure but also have many similarities.