Biological membranes are key elements for the maintenance of cell architecture and
physiology. Beyond a pure barrier separating the inner space of the cell from the outer, the …

Eukaryotic cells have been confronted throughout their evolution with potentially lethal
plasma membrane injuries, including those caused by osmotic stress, by infection from …

The origin and cellular complexity of eukaryotes represent a major enigma in biology.
Current data support scenarios in which an archaeal host cell and an alphaproteobacterial …

Nanoparticles (NP) are attractive options for the therapeutic delivery of active
pharmaceutical drugs, proteins and nucleic acids into cells, tissues and organs. Research …

" Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory is a formal theory for the uptake and use of
substrates (food, nutrients and light) by organisms and their use for maintenance, growth …

Planctomycetes form a distinct phylum of the domain Bacteria and possess unusual features
such as intracellular compartmentalization and a lack of peptidoglycan in their cell walls …

Genome sequences of diverse free-living protists are essential for understanding eukaryotic
evolution and molecular and cell biology. The free-living amoeboflagellate Naegleria …

Parasitism, aptly defined as one of the 'living-together'strategies (Trager, 1986), presents a
dynamic system in which the parasite and its host are under evolutionary pressure to evolve …

The origin of the eukaryotic cell, with its compartmentalized nature and generally large size
compared with bacterial and archaeal cells, represents a cornerstone event in the evolution …

Histones and associated chromatin proteins have essential functions in eukaryotic genome
organization and regulation. Despite this fundamental role in eukaryotic cell biology, we lack …