New research, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the unique dynamics governing the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)’s evolution and addresses the long-standing ...

Bacteria are amongst the simplest of organisms – they are made of single cells. Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi.

Bacterial cells close bacterial cell A microscopic individual cell of a bacterium. have a more simple structure compared to animal, plant and fungal cells and are usually much smaller.

As workhorses of the cell, proteins compose structural ... of functions derives from a startlingly simple code that specifies a hugely diverse set of structures. In fact, each gene in cellular ...

Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength ... "Despite being a small and ostensibly simple protein, it has very complicated physical behaviors." ...