These include some obvious mechanical activities such as endocytosis, cell motility and membrane resealing, but also others, such as replication and transcription. Taking the motor proteins as an ...

Profilee Satyajit Mayor discusses his explorations of cell membranes, which are helping to update the classical fluid mosaic model of dynamic cellular boundaries. New research uncovered an alarming ...

Understanding the potential of this type of microscopy ... this stiffening could be due to localized membrane tension and local cell wall thickening. "The division site becomes much stiffer ...