Science

Papers on the nature, the structure, genesis and functions of biological membranes, and on the physics and chemistry of artificial membranes with a bearing on biomembranes.

Dictyostelium discoideum as a model for cellular development, chemotaxis, motility, cytokinesis defects, phagocytosis and functional genomics, at the Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.

Adhesion and desmosomes research at New York University School of Medicine.

Slide presentation for students studying or following the OCR syllabus, written by an AS Biology student in the UK.

Structural and immunological information on membrane-bound proteins involved in adhesion. Includes molecule cartoons of human, mouse, rat and other species.

Article by Revathi Ananthakrishnan and Allen Ehrlicher providing an in-depth analysis of cell movement. It includes the specific physics underlying different phases of cell movement, the origins of forces that drive locomotion and the mechanics of polymerization, adhesion and retraction.