The bacterium chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted diseases. Bacteria have lots of tricks up their ...

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Researchers report that the amoeba use this process to acquire and display human cell membrane proteins on its own cell surface in research published in mBio this week (April 30). “We’re very excited ...

Profilee Satyajit Mayor discusses his explorations of cell membranes, which are helping to update the classical fluid mosaic model of dynamic cellular boundaries. Amid cuts to federal funding, US ...

(A) Electron micrograph of a human cell section showing three mitochondria. (B) Scheme of the protein complexes that form the ETS, showing the mitochondrial membranes in blue and red; NADH ...

A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread ...