Lipid droplets are cytoplasmic organelles that store neutral lipids and are critically important
for energy metabolism. Their function in energy storage is firmly established and …

Among organelles, lipid droplets (LDs) uniquely constitute a hydrophobic phase in the
aqueous environment of the cytosol. Their hydrophobic core of neutral lipids stores …

Vesicles, organelles and other intracellular cargo are transported by kinesin and dynein
motors, which move in opposite directions along microtubules. This bidirectional cargo …

The fat body plays major roles in the life of insects. It is a dynamic tissue involved in multiple
metabolic functions. One of these functions is to store and release energy in response to the …

Cytoplasmic dynein is an approximately 1.4 MDa multi‐protein complex that transports many
cellular cargoes towards the minus ends of microtubules. Several in vitro studies of …

The nuclear envelope defines the barrier between the nucleus and cytoplasm and features
inner and outer membranes separated by a perinuclear space (PNS). The inner nuclear …

The biomolecule is among the most important building blocks of biological systems, and a
full understanding of its function forms the scaffold for describing the mechanisms of higher …

What are lipid bodies? One of the problems in answering this apparently simple question is
that these macromolecular proteolipid assemblies can be relatively heterogeneous with …

The PAT family of lipid droplet proteins includes 5 members in mammals: perilipin, adipose
differentiation-related protein (ADRP), tail-interacting protein of 47 kDa (TIP47), S3–12, and …

Reviews the history of optical trapping and manipulation of small-neutral particles, from the
time of its origin in 1970 up to the present. As we shall see, the unique characteristics of this …