HHMI researchers suggest that defective cell transport may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Over the last few years, scientists have been successful in identifying genes implicated in Alzheimer’s ...

The targeting of transport vesicles to the correct membrane ... based cytoskeletons to bring a vesicle from one part of the cell to another. Then tethering proteins collect and restrain vesicles ...

Transport of molecules within a cell and out of the cell requires a complex endomembrane system. Endocytosis occurs when the cell membrane engulfs particles (dark blue) outside the cell ...

In pure water, the cell contents (the cytoplasm and vacuole) push against the cell wall and the cell becomes turgid . Fully turgid cells support the stems of non-woody plants. In a very ...

Ron Kaback didn’t believe that electrochemical gradients could power the transport of sugars and amino acids across cell membranes—until he proved that they do. The measles virus attacks long-lived ...

Despite delaying service entry by up to 10 years, Airbus is still pressing ahead with its ZEROe hydrogen aircraft programme ...

The circulatory system transports substances between the exchange surface and cells. It delivers oxygen and glucose to the tissues for respiration, which is the release of energy to cells.

Just as cities must carefully manage the flow of cars in and out of downtown, cells regulate the movement of molecules into ...

More information: Hongwen Chen et al, Molecular basis of Spns1-mediated lysophospholipid transport from the lysosome, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas ...