Transporters carry a molecule (such as glucose) from one side of the plasma membrane to the other. Receptors can bind an extracellular molecule (triangle), and this activates an intracellular process.

Transmembrane proteins involve various physiological functions, including protein ligation, recognition, transport, anchoring, and transduction. Several diseases are connected with abnormalities ...

An article in the June issue (Nat. Biotechnol. 22, 773–774, 2004) highlights the challenge of producing a shared vocabulary that biologists can use to communicate their results effectively ...