The cell surface is a mechanobiological unit that encompasses the plasma membrane, its
interacting proteins, and the complex underlying cytoskeleton. Recently, attention has been …

The regulation of nutrient uptake into cells is important, as it allows to either increase
biomass for cell growth or to preserve homoeostasis. A key strategy to adjust cellular nutrient …

Membrane tension is thought to be a long-range integrator of cell physiology. Membrane
tension has been proposed to enable cell polarity during migration through front-back …

In response to different types and intensities of mechanical force, cells modulate their
physical properties and adapt their plasma membrane (PM). Caveolae are PM nano …

Biological membranes are partitioned into functional zones termed membrane
microdomains, which contain specific lipids and proteins,–. The composition and …

There is growing appreciation that the plasma membrane orchestrates a diverse array of
functions by segregating different activities into specialized domains that vary in size …

Apical extracellular matrices (aECMs) form a physical barrier to the environment. In
Caenorhabditis elegans, the epidermal aECM, the cuticle, is composed mainly of different …

Background Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used in the biosynthesis of acid products
such as organic acids owing to its acid tolerance. Improving the acid tolerance of S …

As a consequence of hypoosmotic shock, yeast cells swell rapidly and increase the surface
area by∼ 20% in 20 s. Approximately, 35% of this surface increase is mediated by the ER …

Yeast cells, when exposed to stress, can enter a protective state in which cell division,
growth, and metabolism are down-regulated. They remain viable in this state until nutrients …