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SUBMITTER: Mim C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3508348 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mim Carsten C Unger Vinzenz M VM
Trends in biochemical sciences 20121008 12
Membranes are flexible barriers that surround the cell and its compartments. To execute vital functions such as locomotion or receptor turnover, cells need to control the shapes of their membranes. In part, this control is achieved through membrane-bending proteins, such as the Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain proteins. Many open questions remain about the mechanisms by which membrane-bending proteins function. Addressing this shortfall, recent structures of BAR protein:membrane complexes suppor ...[more]