Plasma Membrane-Associated Restriction Factors and Their Counteraction by HIV-1 Accessory Proteins [PDF]
Cells, 2019 The plasma membrane is a site of conflict between host defenses and many viruses. One aspect of this conflict is the host’s attempt to eliminate infected cells using innate and adaptive cell-mediated immune mechanisms that recognize features of the
Peter W. Ramirez +5 more
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Novel African trypanocidal agents: membrane rigidifying peptides [PDF]
, 2012 The bloodstream developmental forms of pathogenic African trypanosomes are uniquely susceptible to killing by small hydrophobic peptides. Trypanocidal activity is conferred by peptide hydrophobicity and charge distribution and results from increased ...
Andreas Hartel +8 more
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Evaluation of four different strategies to characterize plasma membrane proteins from banana roots [PDF]
, 2015 Plasma membrane proteins constitute a very important class of proteins. They are involved in the transmission of external signals to the interior of the cell and selective transport of water, nutrients and ions across the plasma membrane.
Carpentier, Sebastien C. +3 more
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Editorial: Membrane lipids in T cell functions [PDF]
, 2018 Plasma membrane lipids play essential roles in regulating T cell signaling, differentiation, and effector functions. The major lipid species in the plasma membrane are glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids, and sterol lipids.
Tuosto, Loretta, Xu, Chenqi
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Plasma membrane integrity: implications for health and disease
BMC Biology, 2021 Plasma membrane integrity is essential for cellular homeostasis. In vivo, cells experience plasma membrane damage from a multitude of stressors in the extra- and intra-cellular environment.
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High-Resolution Plasma Membrane-Selective Imaging by Second Harmonic Generation
iScience, 2018 Summary: The plasma membrane is the site of intercellular communication and subsequent intracellular signal transduction. The specific visualization of the plasma membrane in living cells, however, is difficult using fluorescence-based techniques owing ...
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Distribution of cortical endoplasmic reticulum determines positioning of endocytic events in yeast plasma membrane. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 In many eukaryotes, a significant part of the plasma membrane is closely associated with the dynamic meshwork of cortical endoplasmic reticulum (cortical ER).
Vendula Stradalova +5 more
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Visualization of the exocyst complex dynamics at the plasma membrane of Arabidopsis thaliana [PDF]
, 2013 The exocyst complex, an effector of Rho and Rab GTPases, is believed to function as an exocytotic vesicle tether at the plasma membrane before soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) complex formation.
De Rycke, Riet +7 more
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Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2002 Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae strain B359 secreted two main lipodepsipeptides (LDPs), syringomycin E (SRE) and syringopeptin 25A (SP25A), together with at least four types of cell wall—degrading enzymes (CWDEs).
Vincenzo Fogliano +5 more
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In vivo analysis of protein crowding within the nuclear pore complex in interphase and mitosis
Scientific Reports, 2017 The central channel of the nuclear pore complex (NPC) is occupied by non-structured polypeptides with a high content of Phe-Gly (FG) motifs. This protein-rich environment functions as an entropic barrier that prevents the passage of molecules, as well as
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