The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...
How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary for cells to thrive and assemble into complex organisms? New research has ...
Although each organelle has a different function, they are similar in that every one is wrapped up in a membrane. Membrane-bound organelles were the textbook standard of how scientists thought ...