Publisher Correction: Organosilicon uptake by biological membranes

Characterization of Biological Membranes by Equivalent Pores

The description of the permeability properties of biological membranes in terms of parallel pathways for lipid-insoluble and lipid=soluble molecules has its roots in the studies of Overton (1) and Collander and Barlund (2) and has been presented in detail in several books, such as those of Davson and Danielli (3) and H6ber (4). The concept of the equivalent pore as a description of the path tak...

Biological membranes

Biological membranes allow life as we know it to exist. They form cells and enable separation between the inside and outside of an organism, controlling by means of their selective permeability which substances enter and leave. By allowing gradients of ions to be created across them, membranes also enable living organisms to generate energy. In addition, they control the flow of messages betwee...

Publisher Correction: Interferometer techniques for gravitational-wave detection

Publisher Correction: Hysteresis of ligand binding in CNGA2 ion channels

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3866.

From biological membranes to biomimetic model membranes

Biological membranes play an essential role in the cellular protection as well as in the control and the transport of nutrients. Many mechanisms such as molecular recognition, enzymatic catalysis, cellular adhesion and membrane fusion take place into the biological membranes. In 1972, Singer et al. provided a membrane model, called fluid mosaic model, in which each leaflet of the bilayer is for...