Cellular membrane proteins play many important roles throughout the body, including transporting substances in and out of the cell, transmitting signals, speeding up reactions and helping neighboring ...

A Jacobs School researcher is focused on learning more about how tight junctions form naturally — and how their breakdown can lead to disease.

Researchers say findings help to bridge the structure of the genome to its function in managing how genes are turned on and off.

How do embryos develop? Why does the cortex of the mammalian brain fold? How do we feel touch at our fingertips? These and ...

Ion channels generate electrical impulses produced by living cells. Synthetic ion channels could serve as tools for ...

Brain cell signals travel along axons, the thin wire-like extensions of neurons, moving signals along the membrane in a pearl ...

DnaK/DnaJ or Trigger factor and find that chaperone dependence during primary biogenesis in vivo does not track with ...

Basically, an SPMD is a bag filled with a special liquid, like triolein (a type of fat), and sealed inside a semi permeable ...