Mechanisms shaping cell membranes
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Mechanisms shaping cell membranes.
Membranes of intracellular organelles are characterized by large curvatures with radii of the order of 10-30nm. While, generally, membrane curvature can be a consequence of any asymmetry between the membrane monolayers, generation of large curvatures requires the action of mechanisms based on specialized proteins. Here we discuss the three most relevant classes of such mechanisms with emphasis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Opinion in Cell Biology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0955-0674
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2014.03.006