The bacteria that cause the shigella intestinal disease use a toxin that exploits a physical force in the membrane of cells. Though difficult to block, it is possible to fight with nanoparticles ...

During clathrin-mediated endocytosis, adaptor proteins bind to the cell membrane and to the protein clathrin, assisting in ...

The balancing act: An enzyme that links endocytosis to membrane recycling Date: December 6, 2016 Source: National Centre for Biological Sciences Summary: All cells have surface membranes and ...

Researchers have extensively characterized a previously unidentified process by which up to 75 percent of the cell plasma membrane can be reversibly endocytosed.

This massive endocytosis ("MEND") can be elicited in a variety of cell types with a range of different experimental manipulations, including internal calcium transients in the presence of ATP ...

Endocytosis occurs when the cell membrane engulfs particles (dark blue) outside the cell, draws the contents in, and forms an intracellular vesicle called an endosome.

Endocytosis and exocytosis are the processes by which cells move materials into or out of the cell that are too large to directly pass through the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane. In this article, ...

In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed the hemifusome. This tiny membrane-bound structure serves as a cellular ...

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the ...

Endocytosis is the absorption route cells use to engulf large molecules and draw them within the cytoplasm. The engulfment mechanism involves invagination of the cell membrane, which deepens over ...