LMU researchers have demonstrated a possible mechanism for metabolic processes without cell membranes in water-filled pores.

Looking at life today, it is difficult to imagine how complex biological processes and structures could have developed from ...

The retaliatory strikes came on Saturday, a day after Israel killed top Iranian military leaders and scientists and destroyed an aboveground nuclear enrichment plant near Natanz.

Retinal Structures Affected in AMD. In the retina, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects the complex of photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), Bruch’s membrane (BM) and the ...

Cryo-EM and MD simulations unveil the mechanism of the potent neurotoxin α-latrotoxin in forming calcium-permeable membrane pores The black widow spider is one of the most feared spider species. Its ...

The complement terminal pathway clears pathogens by generating cytotoxic membrane attack complex (MAC) pores on target cells. For more than 40 years, biochemical and cellular assays have been used to ...

MAC forms a circular pore, closed at one end by the C8 proteins; the MAC pore permits the flow of ions through the outer membrane of cells. This pore is the final step in the 'complement cascade ...

image: The complement membrane attack complex is a pore that inserts into the cell membrane. The complex is formed by up to 18 C9 subunits (purple), the C5, C6, and C7 subunits (various shades of ...

The mean pore size of the polyamide–silica membrane and the traditional polyamide membrane is 0.62 and 0.74 nm, respectively, and these correspond to the geometric standard deviation (namely ...

Cancer cells are adept at escaping death. One of the ways in which cancer cells prevent death from fatal attacks by cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) is by efficiently repairing damage to their cell ...

Its secretion is regulated by the inflammasome, the assembly of which results in caspase 1 activation leading to gasdermin D (GSDMD) pore formation and IL-1β release. During inflammation, danger ...