Septins recognize micron-scale membrane curvature
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Septins recognize micron-scale membrane curvature
How cells recognize membrane curvature is not fully understood. In this issue, Bridges et al. (2016.J. Cell Biol.http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201512029) discover that septins, a component of the cytoskeleton, recognize membrane curvature at the micron scale, a common morphological hallmark of eukaryotic cellular processes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0021-9525,1540-8140
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201603063