Mitochondria play a crucial role as the powerhouses of cells, generating the energy necessary for cellular functions. For ...

Learn how this organelle is not just a passively floating ovoid structure ... physical merging of the outer and then the inner mitochondrial membranes of two originally distinct mitochondria.

Scientists who model membrane structure and dynamics describe the ... molecular zip codes that specify their final destination. Mitochondria and chloroplasts are also surrounded by membranes ...

Researchers are shining a light on cancer cells' energy centers—literally—to damage these power sources and trigger ...

Animal imaging studies also confirmed the effects of the gene therapy were limited to cancer tissue and were undetectable in ...

Zhou's lab cracked the code five years ago by figuring out how to exploit the inner membrane's vulnerability – an electrical charge differential that keeps its structure intact and functions on track.

Proper organisation and folding of mitochondrial membranes are vital for organelle function. Our lab studies the structure and function of mitochondrial membrane-shaping protein complexes in human ...

Zhou’s lab cracked the code five years ago by figuring out how to exploit the inner membrane’s vulnerability – an electrical ...

This gives them a rigid structure. Supports and strengthens cell? Cell membrane Selectively permeable ... of many chemical reactions All cell types Mitochondria?-shaped structures found in ...

The study results, published June 5 in The EMBO Journal, shed new light, researchers say, on the way the altered mitochondrial membranes found in people with metabolic diseases such as Barth ...