This key site had potential to function as a binding pocket for drug compounds that would gum up the works to prevent membrane fusion and viral entry and, importantly, ...

Calcium/SNARE-dependent fusion machinery, cytoskeleton-dependent membrane tension, osmotic pressure, calcium/dynamin-dependent fission machinery, and actin/dynamin-dependent force machinery work ...

Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the cell’s survival and ...

"It's the first time a role for membrane fusion has been described for this complex and it's a breakthrough in how we think about the way the exocyst complex works," said Mary Munson, Ph.D ...

Unlike eukaryotic membrane fusion, chlamydial proteins are identical on both sides. Understanding this mechanism could aid in developing treatments against antibiotic-resistant chlamydia.

The findings, published in the journal iScience, point to MAC as a potential therapeutic target to slow or prevent the development of AMD. NEI is part of the National Institutes of Health.

Scientists use the Summit supercomputer to simulate a solution to runaway electrons in fusion reactors, paving the way for clean energy.