Then, when conditions are right, specialized channels in the plasma membrane open and allow rapid ion movement into or out of the cell, and this movement creates an electrical signal. But what do ...

When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have ...

Membrane biophysics ... transport of these metal ions across membranes by the human transporters DMT1 and NRAMP1. SPNS2 exports S1P and FTY720-P to control immune cell migration.

Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how sodium ions power bacterial flagellar motors, providing insights for ...

When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have ...

Scientists at Osaka University have designed a nanogate that opens and closes using electrical signals, offering precise ...

Hence, researchers often simulate the brain as a network of coupled neural masses, each described by a mean-field model. These models capture the essential features of neuronal populations while ...

Lipid bilayer forms a water-impermeable barrier that defines the boundary of a cell and of specialized compartments within a ... Zhou’s lab focuses on two families of proteins, membrane transport ...

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and researchers from University of Tokyo, Nagoya ...