The sheet‐like lipid bilayer is the fundamental structural component of all cell membranes.
Its building blocks are phospholipids and cholesterol. Their amphiphilic structure …

Membrane fusion and budding mediate fundamental processes like intracellular trafficking,
exocytosis, and endocytosis. Fusion is thought to open a nanometer-range pore that may …

Herein, we design a composite MXene membrane with high permeability and stability by
introducing highly porous two-dimensional ZIF (zeolitic imidazolate framework)-L sheets. On …

The highly conserved matrix protein 2 ectodomain (M2e) of influenza viruses presents a
compelling vaccine antigen candidate for stemming the pandemic threat of the mutation …

Membrane curvature reflects physical forces operating on the lipid membrane, which plays
important roles in cellular processes. Here, we design a mechanosensitive DNA (MSD) …

We present FreeDTS software for performing computational research on biomembranes at
the mesoscale. In this software, a membrane is represented by a dynamically triangulated …

Several bacterial toxins and viruses can deform membranes through multivalent binding to
lipids for clathrin-independent endocytosis. However, it remains unclear, how membrane …

Abstract Small GTPases including Ras, Rho, Rab, Arf, and Ran are omnipresent molecular
switches in regulating key cellular functions. Their dysregulation is a therapeutic target for …

Conspectus Life activities, such as respiration, are accomplished through the continuous
shape modulation of cells, tissues, and organs. Developing smart materials with shape …

The Sar1 GTPase initiates coat protein II (COPII)-mediated protein transport by generating
membrane curvature at subdomains on the endoplasmic reticulum, where it is activated by …