Though the cell membrane is a protective barrier, it also plays a role in letting some foreign material in — via ion channels that dot the cell’s surface. Now new research from the Nobel Prize ...

Their ports of entry are sophisticated transport channels embedded in a cell's protective membrane. Regulating what kinds of cargo can pass through the borderlands formed by the cell's two-layer ...

Pore-forming proteins in living cells, termed ion channels, are embedded in the outer membrane of almost all cell types and ...

Researchers from the Göttingen Cluster of Excellence Multiscale Bioimaging (MBExC) have uncovered the 3D structure of the ...

Voltage-Gated Ion Channels Voltage-gated channels respond to perturbations in cell membrane potential, and are highly selective for a specific ion, i.e., Na+, K+, Ca2+, and Cl-. They are further ...

Specifically the channel is called the glycerol facilitator (GlpF), from the bacterium Escherichia coli. Bearing three alcohol groups, glycerol is a basic building block for the cell membrane.

Now researchers have demonstrated the first artificial membrane channel made entirely of DNA, and its characteristics suggest a number of potential applications. "If you want, for example, to inject ...

These membranes, composed of flexible lipid bilayers, can reshape and remodel themselves during processes like cell movement, division, and molecular trafficking. Until now, it was commonly assumed ...

Here are two straightforward examples to illustrate the above concept. If one side (the outside) of the cell membrane had 10 Na + ions and the other side (the inside) of the membrane had 10 K ...

Their ports of entry are sophisticated transport channels embedded in a cell’s protective membrane. Regulating what kinds of cargo can pass through the borderlands formed by the cell’s two-layer ...