Ten years ago, the cell biological role of lipid rafts was controversial owing to limited methodology and confusing nomenclature. Through technical advances, our concept of lipid rafts has evolved ...

Tiny structures made of lipid molecules and proteins have been believed to wander within the membrane of a cell, much like rafts on the water. This "raft hypothesis" has been widely accepted, but ...

That assembly and release of HIV-1 particles takes place at the plasma membrane has been established for some time. It has also been suspected that the process additionally requires lipid rafts — ...

Thus, if cell-surface prominin is associated with a Lubrol WX-insoluble lipid raft, this prominin should also float in a sucrose density gradient.

“Further, we demonstrated that in contrast to antidepressant-induced increases in whole cell cAMP, lipid raft cAMP signaling was suppressed following antidepressant withdrawal,” they continued.

Lipid rafts are shown to participate in lysosomal reproduction, and some lysosomal storage diseases are proposed to result from the accumulation of lipids in late endosomal/lysosomal compartments.

Actin filaments are involved in many important processes in eukaryotic cells, from motility to division to the contraction of muscle fibers. Actin can also form a network underneath the lipid bilayer.

Actin filaments are involved in many important processes in eukaryotic cells, from motility to division to the contraction of muscle fibers. Actin can also form a network underneath the lipid bilayer.