Structural studies of membrane proteins historically have relied almost exclusively on first removing membrane proteins from the membrane with dispersive agents like detergents. But dispersive agents ...

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Department of Physiology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea ...

Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and ...

Aquaporins are proteins that rapidly transport water across cell membranes while excluding salt. They are critical for maintaining the right balance of water inside and outside cells and for ...

Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The specific lipid composition of cell membrane microenvironments plays a critical role in regulating a range of cellular processes such as ...

a variety of other cell types including pacemakers, fibroblasts, and pericytes are also known to be present (2). The plasma membrane of vascular smooth muscle (SMC) and endothelial (EC) cells is ...