Every time a white blood cell engulfs a bacterium, a neuron extends a projection to connect with a neighboring cell, or when a cancer cell forcefully squeezes through tissue to spread, the cell must ...

Cells can spontaneously change shape even without external signals, but the underlying mechanisms behind this form of ...

Living cells constantly exchange ions (i.e., charged particles) via the thin barrier that surrounds their interior, known as ...

This video explains the stages of mitosis, contrasts them with meiosis and the creation of haploid gametes, and concludes by ...

Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with other U.S. researchers, have uncovered the structure of a key cell membrane protein in a bacterial model for Chlamydia trachomatis, the cause ...

The chlamydial Major Outer Membrane Protein (MOMP) is a promising subunit vaccine candidate due to its abundance in the outer membrane (OM), the presence of four surface-exposed variable domains (VDs) ...

Caveolae are invaginated plasma membrane nanodomains traditionally associated with membrane trafficking and signalling. These multifunctional organelles are also essential mechanosensors mediating the ...