membrane

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However, maintaining the right balance requires additional proteins embedded in the lysosomal membrane.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

To test the design, the researchers produced a membrane containing 1,000 lipid-coated nanopores arranged in hexagonal pattern.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

Flippases such as MurJ move molecules by alternately exposing them to each side of the membrane without forming a permanent opening.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

These proteins help transport the components needed to assemble the cell wall outside the inner membrane barrier.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

These clumps grew so large, particularly in the absence of oxygen, that they tugged the membrane of the red cell until the normal disk was warped into a crescent-shaped, dysmorphic “sickle cell.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee