Flexible scaffolding made of rigid BARs.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2008.02.025.
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Abstract
Crescent-shaped BAR domains are generic actors in the creation of membrane curvature. In this issue, Frost et al. (2008) reveal how collective twisting of rigid F-BAR domains on a soft membrane surface may lead to different membrane curvatures.
Medical subject headings
- Cell Membrane
- Membrane Proteins