We are taught that plasma membranes are a typical lipid bilayer, but how do we know this, and who figured it out? Aa Aa Aa Most books mention that membranes have a typical "lipid bilayer," but why ...

Proteins interacting with cell membranes play a vital role in countless biological processes, from how cells communicate to ...

Cell membranes protect and organize cells. All cells have an outer plasma membrane that regulates not only what enters the cell, but also how much of any given substance comes in. Unlike ...

Lipid bilayer forms a water-impermeable barrier that defines the boundary of a cell and of specialized compartments within a cell. Membrane proteins are embedded in lipid bilayers and serve a wide ...

The macromolecular organization of photosynthetic complexes within the thylakoids of higher plant chloroplasts has been a topic of significant debate. Using in situ cryo-electron tomography, this ...

Image Credit: ART-ur/Shutterstock.com The plasma membrane is the outer layer of a cell, separating it from its environment and regulating molecular exchange. It consists of a lipid bilayer with ...

where the hanged crown-ether rings can be arranged into channels to transport ions across the lipid bilayer. Ion channel proteins are concerned with inorganic ion transport, which is crucial for ...

Biological Membranes (Lipid Bilayers), Ion Channels, and Integral Membrane Proteins: Issues related to ion conduction energetics and mechanisms in integral membrane proteins will be targeted; integral ...