«So we could use this material and measurement technique for locally probing nanoscale activity of proteins that
exists in cell membrane with high sensitivity.»
Not exact matches
Han told the group about a set of compounds — all
existing drugs — that help open channels
in the outer
membrane of
cells in the VTA.
Whereas
in the nematode experiment the researchers targeted nanoparticles to temperature - sensitive ion channels that naturally
exist in the
membranes of the worms» nerve
cells, the scientists inserted the gene for a heat - activated ion channel called TRPV1 into the human and rat
cells.
Basic biological compartmentalisation is a key property of artificial
cells and
existing solutions are found
in self - assembled amphiphiles, polymers, inorganic molecules and protein - surfactant conjugates which form
membrane delineated aqueous droplets, however the interior of these compartments are typically homogeneous and therefore do not mimic the crowded heterogeneous cytoplasm of natural
cells.