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In this manuscript the authors established a novel three-dimensional culture system for stratified epithelia that allows epithelial cells to undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and ...

These include some obvious mechanical activities such as endocytosis, cell motility and membrane resealing, but also others, such as replication and transcription. Taking the motor proteins as an ...

12 These organisms rely on their cell membrane for structural integrity and often exhibit unique adaptations to survive without the rigidity of a cell wall. Prokaryotes have cytoplasm, which is ...

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Biologists had long believed that bringing order and organization to the chaos of molecules inside a cell depended on membrane-bound compartments called organelles, such as the mitochondria.

really important to maintain any structure which has a membrane," Singh said. Take the electrolyte potassium, for example. It is the most abundant positively charged ion inside cells, but its ...

Unit of Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Facultat de Medicina, Av. Can Domènech s/n, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain ...