The structure of membranes
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024048
Nature : A living cell can be thought of as a building of extremely peculiar architecture, in which the walls are formed by films just a few nanometers thick—the cell membranes.The diversity and dynamics of membrane shapes are vital for the cell’s physiology. One of the biggest challenges in cell biology and biophysics is therefore to understand the molecular mechanisms that enable cell membranes to bend easily and rapidly into highly curved, dynamic shapes. Reporting in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , Y. Yu and coworkers describe a promising synthetic model of membranes that can be used to assess experimentally the combined influence of lipids and proteins on membrane curvature.
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