Bacteria are amongst the simplest of organisms – they are made of single cells. Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi.

New research, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, uncovers the unique dynamics governing the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)’s evolution and addresses the long-standing ...

As workhorses of the cell, proteins compose structural ... of functions derives from a startlingly simple code that specifies a hugely diverse set of structures. In fact, each gene in cellular ...

Most prokaryotes are small, single-celled organisms that have a relatively simple structure. Prokaryotic cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane, but they have no internal membrane-bound ...

Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength ... "Despite being a small and ostensibly simple protein, it has very complicated physical behaviors." ...