Every living creature on Earth needs to protect itself from things that would do it harm. Bacteria are no different. And ...

Sterols, such as cholesterol in our bodies or ergosterol in yeast cells, are among the most abundant lipids in eukaryotic ...

Antimicrobials that attack bacterial membranes are an attractive target due to the relatively conserved structure compositions of the bacterial membrane, which bacteria cannot easily change without ...

a growing body of evidence supports the active contribution of lipids and membrane organization to regulating the structure and function of transmembrane proteins. Membrane lipids can exert such ...

At the molecular level, we now believe that these transporters function as oligomeric complexes at the cell membrane, and that they are regulated primarily through phosphorylation, protein ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The specific lipid composition of cell membrane microenvironments plays a critical ...