cell membranes

Diffusive movement through permeable material can be modeled exactly for first time

New study provides detailed insight into the regulation of TRPC5 ion channels, which allow positively charged ions to flow in and out of cells

A team of researchers led by Vanderbilt University has recently shed light on how membrane proteins could be influenced by the lipids around the lipids around them

Certain membrane proteins specialize in transporting molecules out of cells—a problem for the efficacy of cancer medication and antibiotics

Researchers have found that these proteins may be capable of recruiting their own lipid microenvironments through allostery, a biological phenomenon first observed in the 1900s

How a new technique allows researchers to tune communication between organelles on the scale of nanometers

A research team set out to explore for the first time whether the protein machinery known as ESCRT-III undergoes dynamic remodeling

The methods developed provide a new experimental platform for biophysical studies of membranes and, potentially, other cell components

The discovery could open an avenue for developing treatments for Alzheimer's disease that work within the cell's membrane

These discoveries are being regarded by at least one leading cell biologist as “textbook changing” and could alter how we develop drugs that affect membrane fusion activities