How large, fully folded proteins can pass through cell membranes without destroying them has long been one of the open ...

A new study highlighting the importance of a large protein complex called the exocyst in cell growth, division and communication reveals new functions and mechanisms that are essential to how ...

A new study provides the first insights into how thylakoid membranes—the internal compartments where oxygen-producing photosynthesis takes place—emerged during evolution. By comparing the genomes of ...

SMADs constitute a family of transcription factors in animals, essential during embryonic development and adulthood. As key effectors of the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily of ...

< The authors of the paper: professor Leonid Sazanov and postdoctoral researcher Ziyu Zhao at the Inst ... Copyright: © ISTA ...

Cell polarization is a fundamental process that organizes distinct subcellular domains within cells. The elaboration of polarized membrane sub-compartments allows these specialized regions to have ...

A team led by Prof. Wang Chao and Prof. Huang Chengdong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed the molecular mechanism of ...