This section describes three biochemical processes that alter the structure of the fatty acids and the biophysical properties of membranes (Fig. 3). Although the enzyme systems that are involved ...

Beer tastes better when chilled oranges are always sold in red mesh bags and human fetuses grimace at the flavor of kale but ...

Beer tastes better when chilled oranges are always sold in red mesh bags and human fetuses grimace at the flavor of kale but smile for carrots The ...

The glomerular basement membrane (GBM) is a specialized form of basement membrane that has a major role in the maintenance of the glomerular filtration barrier. Like all basement membranes, it ...

This work appears in Nature Chemistry. Life on Earth requires lipid membranes -- the structure of a cell that houses its interior mechanics and acts as a scaffold for many biological reactions.

These degrons enable degradation of both luminal and integral membrane ER proteins, expanding the types of proteins that can be targeted for degradation in budding yeast and mammalian tissue culture.

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, 28029 Madrid, Spain ...

Despite fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) developing in fetuses, doctors cannot reliably use ultrasound to diagnose the condition. Diagnosis only occurs after birth. FAS is the most serious form of ...

Although each organelle has a different function, they are similar in that every one is wrapped up in a membrane ... first got a good look at the structure of the protein myoglobin in the 1950s ...