Hemifusomes are fused vesicles, or sacs of fluid, that were previously unknown to exist inside cells. They were discovered ...

In the complex world of neuroscience, Huntington's disease remains a cruel mystery. It slowly strips away a person’s ability ...

Vesicles are small cellular containers. They perform a variety of functions, such as helping to transport materials that an organism needs to survive and recycle waste materials.

A recent study involving researchers from the University of Basel reveals that slowing down the intracellular transport of ...

Thus, proteins do not exit the ER in COPII-enveloped vesicles, as previously postulated, but in larger, often elongated COPII-free transport units. "Instead of budding off and enveloping vesicles, ...

Becker, B., Bolinger, B. & Melkonian, M. Anterograde transport of algal scales through the Golgi complex is not mediated by vesicles. Trends in Cell Biology 5 , 305–307 (1995) doi: 10.1016/S0962 ...

Researchers have produced detailed images of the intricate protein-coats that surround "transport pods" that move material around within biological cells.

Bacteria are ubiquitous microscopic organisms capable of rapid growth. While beneficial strains like lactic acid bacteria ...

Schematic representation of axonal transport vesicles (blue) carrying presynaptic proteins (SV and AZ proteins). Kinesin motor proteins (KIF1A) attach these vesicles and carry them along the axons ...

EBP binds to coatomer proteins, proteins that coat membrane-bound transport vesicles, on exosomes, and through follow-up structural experiments, ...

If the transport vesicles were enlarged to the size of a car, their speed could reach 700 kilometers per hour, faster than a bullet train. The rivet system developed by Lin is like an emergency ...

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Jan. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The functioning of human cells resembles the way a city relies on a precise transport system to deliver various things and materials to their ...