Heather E Findlay and Paula J Booth 2006 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18 S1281 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/18/28/S11
Heather E Findlay1 and Paula J Booth
Show affiliationsBiological membranes are complex environments, where membrane proteins are surrounded by a bilayer composed of many different types of lipid. The physical properties of the bilayer influence protein structure, folding and function, while specific interactions with lipid molecules can also contribute towards the biological activity of some membrane proteins. Improving understanding of these interactions has resulted in the development of synthetic lipid systems that allow the bilayer properties to be rationally manipulated in vitro to control protein behaviour.
87.15.B- Structure of biomolecules
87.15.K- Molecular interactions; membrane-protein interactions
Issue 28 (19 July 2006)
Received 3 January 2006, in final form 24 April 2006
Published 28 June 2006
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