Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are known mediators of intracellular signal cascades.
Excessive production of ROS may lead to oxidative stress, loss of cell function, and cell …

Bacteria can survive dramatic osmotic shifts. Osmoregulatory responses mitigate the passive
adjustments in cell structure and the growth inhibition that may ensue. The levels of certain …

• Introduction• Membrane lipid composition• Membrane lipid structure• Membrane lipid
organization‐Why so many different lipids?‐Lipid mixing and demixing‐Lateral pressure …

During the late phase of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) replication, newly synthesized retroviral Gag
proteins are targeted to the plasma membrane of most hematopoietic cell types, where they …

Recent research has provided an abundance of new information on membrane
biochemistry. Now more than ever, it is essential to update our current understanding of …

Membrane association is a hallmark of the genome replication of positive-strand RNA
viruses [(+) RNA viruses]. All well-studied (+) RNA viruses remodel host membranes and …

Binding of cytochrome c (cytc) to fatty acids and acidic phospholipid membranes produces
pronounced and essentially identical changes in the spectral properties of cyt c, revealing …

The mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) is a key energy transducer in eukaryotic cells.
Four respiratory chain complexes cooperate in the transfer of electrons derived from various …

Structural transition of polypeptide chains into the β-sheet state followed by amyloid fibril
formation is the key characteristic of a number of the so-called conformational diseases. The …

Cytochrome c (cyt c) is a cationic hemoprotein of∼ 100 amino acid residues that exhibits
exceptional functional versatility. While its primary function is electron transfer in the …