Here, upon physical contact with a neighboring cell the outer membranes transiently fuse and cells exchange outer membrane proteins and lipids (Fig. 2). ME is mediated by a duo of cell surface ...

This is mainly water. Cell membrane - a flexible outer layer that surrounds the cell and controls which substances can pass into and out from it. Tilly: My name's Tilly, I'm a butcher. I cut and ...

It was later determined that outer hair cell stereocilia are firmly embedded in the overlying tectorial membrane while inner hair cell stereocilia make only a tenuous connection. The outer hair cells ...

The pressurized fluid that fills the outer hair cell is only part of the story. Most of the cells in our body will not tolerate internal pressure because the membrane that encloses them has the ...