THE property of water-insoluble amphipathic molecules to alter the electrokinetic charge of lipids has been exploited by Bangham and Dawson 1 in elucidating the charge requirements of certain ...

PDAT enzymes use membrane phospholipids as direct fatty acid donors to generate triglycerides stored in lipid droplets. This ...

MPL (or thrombopoietin receptor, TPO-R) 515 mutations have recently been described in 5–10% of primitive myelofibrosis (PMF) cases as decisive oncogenic events capable of triggering the disease.

CPP are usually short cationic or amphipathic peptides, able to interact with the negatively-charged biological membranes. One interesting natural compound acting as CPP is melittin which composes 50% ...

[2] A novel cartoon crosslinked β-cyclodextrin (C-β-CD) polymer for effective uptake of Hg from aqueous solutions: Kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics, and statistical … ...

1 Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong, China 2 Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, ...

Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia ...

While AMPs are also hydrophobic, they are often amphipathic, with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions that allow them to target cell membranes and cause them to rupture similarly to how ...

Mitochondria are more than the powerhouses of the cell, they regulate a plethora of cellular processes such as apoptosis, metabolism and signaling. This exciting collection highlights the most recent ...

Prof.dr. Eefjan Breukink gave his inaugural lecture entitled ‘The Golden Fleece’ on December 11, 2024. Eefjan Breukink is appointed as professor at the Faculty of Science on June 15, 2023 to undertake ...