Cell membranes protect and organize cells ... transmits a signal to intracellular messenger molecules. Like transport proteins, receptor proteins are specific and selective for the molecules ...

They coined the term "receptor-mediated endocytosis ... cell's endocytosis mechanism to invade their host cells. The endocytic vesicles transport the incoming viral particles from the plasma ...

HHMI researchers suggest that defective cell transport may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Over the last few years, scientists have been successful in identifying genes implicated in Alzheimer’s ...

Cell membrane proteins hide secret gateways that can be used to modify cell behavior. This has been demonstrated in a study ...

McGill University researchers have demonstrated that AMPA receptors (AMPARs), which mediate fast excitatory neurotransmission ...