It was later determined that outer hair cell stereocilia are firmly embedded in the overlying tectorial membrane while inner hair cell stereocilia make only a tenuous connection. The outer hair cells ...

"Since viruses cannot synthesize lipids, HIV 'steals' lipids from the plasma membrane of host cells," explains ... consists ...

MlaA, which in the cell is bound to another outer membrane protein called a porin, removes outer leaflet phospholipids and functions like a membrane vacuum cleaner that maintains the important ...