At physiological temperatures, cell membranes are fluid; at cooler temperatures, they become gel-like. Scientists who model membrane structure ... which are like molecular zip codes that specify ...

Fluid enclosed by the cell membrane, containing organelles and ribosomes Location of many chemical reactions All cell types Mitochondria?-shaped structures found in ? Location where aerobic ...

To move, these migratory cells rely on filopodia—sensitive, finger-like protrusions that reach out from the cell membrane into the local environment ... of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them ...

Breakthrough study in Nature Materials reveals DNA nanorafts reshape synthetic cells for controlled membrane dynamics and ...

The answer lies in a membranous structure ... of the plasma membrane in glial cells, with no intervening cytoplasm (Figure 1B). Depending on the location, different glial cell types make myelin ...

How can molecular structures be analyzed when the ... techniques in order to examine a protein arrangement in the cell ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals ...

Cytoplasm - the liquid that makes up most of the cell in which chemical reactions ... Plant cells have a rigid cell structure. They are made up of a cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, vacuole ...

A new study shows how an anticancer drug triggers an “outside in” signal that gets it sucked into a cancer cell. The work, published Jan. 29 in Nature Communications, reveals a new signaling mechanism ...

Light and electron microscopy have distinct limitations. Light microscopy makes it difficult to resolve smaller and smaller ...