Cellular Structures

Overview

Cellular structures are the organized physical components that make up a cell and carry out the processes essential to life. They include the plasma membrane that defines the cell boundary and regulates exchange with the environment, the cytoskeleton that provides shape and supports transport, and, in eukaryotes, membrane-bound organelles such as the nucleus, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and others that compartmentalize specialized functions. Together with macromolecules including proteins and nucleic acids, these structures enable energy production, biosynthesis, signaling, division, and the maintenance of internal order. The form and condition of cellular structures reflect and determine cellular function: stress can alter membranes and organelles, gene-based interventions can modify their molecular machinery, and microscopy techniques such as scanning electron microscopy reveal their fine architecture in tissues and at biomaterial interfaces. Study of cellular structures underpins cell biology, physiology, pathology, and biotechnology, providing the basis for understanding how cells respond to environmental stress, how disease disrupts normal organization, and how engineered approaches act at the subcellular level. Sub-areas include membrane biology, organelle function, cytoskeletal dynamics, ultrastructural imaging, and the analysis of how cellular components change under physiological, pathological, and experimental conditions across plant, animal, and microbial systems.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 275 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

• Biodegradable Coatings with Essential Oils for Combating Papaya Anthracnose: State of the Art and Perspectives
  2026 · Food Bioengineering
• Oral essential oil therapy for managing patients with acute pharyngotonsillitis in primary care setting: a real-world experience
  2026 · Otorhinolaryngology
• The effect of some ecological characteristics (climate, soil, water content, and altitude) on the quality and antibacterial activity of Stachys inflata Benth. essential oil based on the indigenous knowledge of Iranian people
  2026 · Agricultural Water Management
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Reduction Through Phytochemical Inhibition of Quorum Sensing Activity: A Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
  2026 · ChemistrySelect
• Oral essential oil therapy for managing patients with acute pharyngotonsillitis in primary care setting: a real-world experience
  2026 · Otorhinolaryngology
• Biodegradable Coatings with Essential Oils for Combating Papaya Anthracnose: State of the Art and Perspectives
  2026 · Food Bioengineering
• Magnetic eutectic mixture as extractant for elemental analysis of essential oils combining liquid-phase microextraction and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry
  2026 · Talanta
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Reduction Through Phytochemical Inhibition of Quorum Sensing Activity: A Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
  2026 · ChemistrySelect

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