What structures in the cell membrane function as ion channels? What is one function of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum? What does a cell do, and how do its features help it function? What function does the cell wall perform in a plant?
The cell membrane – also called the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane – is among the most fascinating and elegant constructs in the world of biology. The cell is considered the fundamental unit or "building block" of all living things on Earth; your own body has trillions of them, an...
The myriad biochemical reactions that comprise life processes are too numerous and complex to be carried out entirely by simple diffusion-mediated interactions between enzymes and substrates. Instead, sequences of biochemical reactions must be efficiently organized and integrated with other sets of ...
The cell membrane – also called the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane – is among the most fascinating and elegant constructs in the world of biology. The cell is considered the fundamental unit or "building block" of all living things on Earth; your own body has trillions of them, an...
Life as we know it depends on barriers, both macro and micro. We are a collection of cells and their outputs. Cells are individual units of life that have a cell membrane that maintains cellular integrity and function. We are as healthy – and only as healthy – as our collective cell ...
Recognition of two molecules for each other is termed "structural complementarity"; that is, the three-dimensional structures must complement each other in the shapes of the interacting surfaces. Analogies that have been used are a key fitting into a lock or the wooden square of a simple child...
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In addition to a nucleus, some of the other important organelles of palisade cells include a cell membrane, a large vacuole, chloroplasts as well as a cell membrane among a few others. Between the cells (palisade cells are generally arranged in a vertical manner to each other beneath the epi...
Finally, we characterized the role of individual motile ciliated cell lineages in the morphogenesis of the brain and body axis. We show that while critical for proper ventricular development, motile cilia regulated by foxj1b and gmnc are largely dispensable for brain and axial morphogenesis, ...