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.

For the study, the researchers aimed to functionalize the cell membrane to enable protein transport across the membrane and assemble them into tissue-like structures afterward. Biological channels ...

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 ...

The ability to maintain concentration gradients and sometimes move materials against them is vital to cell health and maintenance. Thanks to membrane barriers and transport proteins, the cell can ...

Protein aggregation is typical of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and prion diseases such as ...

Living organisms require barriers to control the transport and exchange of matters. In animals, gut epithelial cells are tightly anchored through a series of cell membrane fusion proteins ...

Transport across membranes All cells are enclosed by a cell membrane, which is selectively ... DNA and the production of proteins DNA carries the genetic information in the cells of all living ...

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Lipid bilayer forms a water-impermeable barrier that defines the boundary of a cell and of specialized compartments ... Dr. Zhou’s lab focuses on two families of proteins, membrane transport proteins ...

A lipid anchor on nerve cell membranes stabilizes prion proteins (PrPC) and prevents their pathological aggregation into forms linked to prion diseases.

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 ...