Lipid membranes, which form the outer layer of cells, can be engineered to influence cellular functions. For example, ...

The ability of bacteria to control the biophysical properties of their membrane phospholipids allows them to thrive in a wide range of physical environments. Fatty acid biosynthesis is an energy ...

The outer lipid membrane possessed by gram negative bacteria means that ... For very dense cultures it may be necessary to pre-dilute your culture to ensure individual bacterial cells can be seen ...

But many have also mastered a different sort of target that allows them to wield control over the rest of the cell without venturing into the cytoplasm: namely, lipid membranes. Some bacteria launch a ...

On one hand, they bind to membrane lipids, destabilizing the bacterial membrane. Additionally, they inhibit two enzymes involved in cell wall and protein synthesis. First author Dr. Felix Deschner ...

The human gut is home to trillions of microbes that not only aid in digestion, but also play a key role in shaping our immune ...

Second, the cell walls of gram-negative bacteria are surrounded by an outer membrane that has different properties than the inner membrane encased by the wall. This outer membrane is involved in ...

baumannii and other double-membraned bacteria without harming ... works by blocking transport of a lipid called lipopolysaccharide into place in the outer membrane. Because the lipid-shuffling ...

They also have an outer lipid membrane that protects them from their ... This antibiotic interferes with the bacterial cell wall in an attempt to destroy the wall and the bacteria.

Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria. The new compounds target a protein, LpxH ...

Integral membrane proteins span this bilayer, often functioning as receptors, channels, or transporters, while peripheral proteins associate with the membrane's outer or inner surfaces, interacting ...

The outer lipid membrane possessed by gram negative bacteria means that ... For very dense cultures it may be necessary to pre-dilute your culture to ensure individual bacterial cells can be seen ...