Water, organic molecules, and inorganic ions are the constituents of cells. Water constitutes the greatest fraction of the three, accounting for almost three-quarters of the total mass of a cell. The ...
Chemistry is the study of matter and its behavior. The chemistry of life involves four main types of macromolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, which are essential building ...
The mechanism whereby cationic lipids destabilize cell membranes to facilitate the intracellular delivery of macromolecules such as plasmid DNA or antisense oligonucleotides is not well understood.