One could certainly highlight a conceptual resemblance between social interactions as the
basis of societies and civilizations and the ability of molecules to interact in a noncovalent …

Multivalent interactions can be applied universally for a targeted strengthening of an
interaction between different interfaces or molecules. The binding partners form cooperative …

Gram-negative bacteria including Escherichia coli, Citrobacter rodentium, Salmonella
typhimurium, and Shigella flexneri are sensed in an ill-defined manner by an intracellular …

Membrane microdomains (rafts) remain one of the controversial issues in biophysics.
Fluorescent molecular probes, which make these lipid nanostructures visible through optical …

A method (HOLE) that allows the analysis of the dimensions of the pore running through a
structural model of an ion channel is presented. The algorithm uses a Monte Carlo simulated …

Molecular recognition plays an important role in living systems. 1, 2 Representative
molecular recognitions in living organisms are saccharide− protein, protein− protein, and …

The recent emergence of the H7N9 avian influenza A virus and its ability to infect humans
emphasize the epidemic and pandemic potential of these viruses. Interspecies transmission …

There has been considerable recent interest in the possibility that the plasma membrane
contains lipid" rafts," microdomains enriched in cholesterol and sphingolipids. It has been …

Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC), a widely used adult stem cell candidate for regenerative
medicine, has been shown to exert some of its therapeutic effects through the secretion of …

Hollow tubular structures of molecular dimensions perform diverse biological functions in
nature. Examples include scaffolding and packaging roles played by cytoskeletal …