Membrane proteins are vital for cellular signaling, transport, and communication, making them attractive drug targets despite their challenging properties. Advances in mass spectrometry have enabled ...

Biotium launched GlycoLinerTM cell surface labeling kits using self-catalyzing aminooxy chemistry to tag glycoproteins at ...

An international research group led by scientists at Pompeu Fabra University has reported new discoveries that help to better understand the nanomachine that controls a process known as constitutive ...

Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles whose acidic lumen (pH 4.5–5.0) is required for degradation. This luminal acidity is ...

Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has been out of reach. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

New research shows how a cellular nanomachine controls protein delivery, helping explain how small failures disrupt ...

How flu viruses enter cells has been directly observed thanks to a new microscopy technique with the potential to revolutionize research on membrane biology, virus–host interactions and drug discovery ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The bottom of the ocean is cold, dark, and under extreme pressure. It is not a place suited to the physiology of us surface dwellers: At ...