Animal cells have a basic structure. Below the basic structure is shown in the same animal cell, on the left viewed with the light microscope, and on the right with the transmission electron ...

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape ...

The basic structure of most animal and plants cells is shown below. All cells are produced from other cells by the process of cell division. Cell division occurs when one cell divides to produce ...

In comparison, eukaryotic cells contain two types of rRNA ... these RNAs all share the same basic single-stranded chemical structure with, in some cases, higher-order structures obtained through ...

Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called ...

The basic behavior of lipids in contact ... The first clues to lipid bilayer structure came from results with red blood cell membranes. The ultimate discovery that the plasma membrane is a lipid ...

Microscopic battles rage around, on and in us at all times, and the microbial combatants use far more exciting weapons than ...

Researchers analyze various aspects of gene regulation, among which are the three-dimensional structure of the genome and DNA methylation, which differ for different cell types and play significant ...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to biochemist David Baker, and Google DeepMind scientists Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, ...

Researchers who developed protein folding software, and used it to predict new, useful proteins win the Nobel.

The membrane that surrounds cells in living organisms is extremely flexible and sensitive. How it protects itself from damage ...

Countless bacteria call the vastness of the oceans home, and they all face the same problem: the nutrients they need to grow ...