and a similar electrochemical potential (about 200 millivolts [mV] across the membrane) as modern cells have. Russell has long maintained that natural proton gradients played a central role in ...

The myelin lamella is formed by fusion of the apposed inner leaflets of the plasma membrane in glial cells, with no intervening ... enhance the speed of action potential propagation?

New progress in a long-standing debate about the nature of biological cell membranes could be made by considering which ...

Cellular targets are located in the cytoplasmic membrane ... with great potential as a tumoricidal agent and as a tool to reveal new, conserved death pathways in tumor cells.

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum discovered that a lipid anchor on nerve cell membranes stabilizes prion protein folding ...

In animals, gut epithelial cells are tightly anchored through a series of cell membrane fusion proteins, forming "tight junctions" to seal the intercellular space to control the intake of ...

“The six new projects are ambitious explorations into fundamental principles of cell and membrane biology with the potential to catalyze new frontiers of research and fuel vital discoveries ...