The structure and function of key prokaryotic cell structures. Prokaryotes have ribosomes but they are smaller and structurally simpler than those in eukaryotic cells. These non-membrane-bound ...

Breakthrough study in Nature Materials reveals DNA nanorafts reshape synthetic cells for controlled membrane dynamics and ...

"In science, structure is function," says Lippincott ... In muscle cells, the ER and the plasma membrane—the outer membrane of the cell—meet at periodic contact sites, an arrangement controlled by a ...

Scientists uncover how the nucleolus, a tiny structure within cells, may control aging and lifespan, opening new ...