The cell wall surrounds the plasma membrane and provides the cell tensile strength and protection. Plant cells have some specialized properties that make them distinct from animal cells.

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Scientists have long wondered how the first cell membranes formed from the primordial soup—a new study offers up a recipe.

This takes place when molecules diffuse across the cell membrane by travelling through ... by the breakdown of ATP inside the cell. This diagram shows molecules moving from area of low ...

Cell structure Description Function Cell type Cell wall Freely permeable layer surrounding cell membrane. The cell wall of plant cells is made from cellulose. This gives them a rigid structure.

Membrane-bound organelles were the textbook standard of how scientists thought cells were organized until they realized ...

This sophisticated membrane structure allowed for the complexity of life as we know it. But how did the earliest, simplest cells hold it all together before elaborate membrane structures evolved?

An international team led by Goethe University Frankfurt has identified an intracellular sensor that monitors the quality of ...

A new framework bridges a gap in understanding RNA therapeutics by linking the structure of lipid nanoparticles to immune ...

It is comparatively easy to tell a cell's state of health: On their surface, cells present fragments of almost all the proteins they contain inside. This means the immune system can directly recognize ...

These membranes, composed of flexible lipid bilayers, can reshape and remodel themselves during processes like cell movement ... cellular structure and function. The team’s research that combined ...