The researchers' findings, reported in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, which involve radial spoke 3 (RS3), help answer some fundamental questions about how motile cilia work and could ...

When oil is dropped in water, the oil droplets stay separate. Cells can also use a system like this to separate or gather ...

Prior to using this narrative, have learners create their own model of a cell in their notebooks using whatever background information or experience they might have. While exploring the narrative, ...

The proteasome is a fundamental component of eukaryotic cellular machinery, responsible for the precise degradation of intracellular proteins. By orchestrating the breakdown of both misfolded and ...

Some of the body's cells stay put for life, while others are free to roam. To move, these migratory cells rely on filopodia—sensitive, finger-like protrusions that reach out from the cell membrane ...

Professor Bo Liu, Department of Plant Biology, holds an Arabidopsis plant while Professor Jawdat Al-Bassam, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, holds a model of the augmin protein complex.

The story of the cell cycle is often told only through the perspective of the chromosomes as they replicate and then divide. This resource beautifully illustrates the role of the cytoskeleton in that ...

Stockholm University and SciLifeLab research uncovers how glucose transporters achieve specificity, bridging a long-standing ...

Explore 25 biology facts the future will forget as science evolves. From DNA's 'blueprint' to mitochondria's 'powerhouse,' ...