Endocytosis occurs when the cell membrane engulfs particles (dark blue) outside the cell, draws the contents in, and forms an intracellular vesicle called an endosome. This vesicle travels through ...

Membrane biophysics is the study of ... SPNS2 exports S1P and FTY720-P to control immune cell migration. Here, the authors use cryo-EM, immunofluorescence, in vitro binding and in vivo S1P export ...

But now, using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a powerful technique that enables ... despite being encased at the ...

Animal and plant cells differ and they have similarities. Nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm and mitochondria are four cell components that are found in both animal and plant cells. All life on ...

The membrane protein Vipp1, known from the photosynthetic apparatus of plants, algae, and bacteria, can form various structures that could serve as tools to stabilize the cell membrane and ...